entangled

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English

Definitions

verb

To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated“The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net.”
To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult
, to ensnare
To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder.

adjective

Tangled or twisted together
Confused or complicated
(of two quantum states) correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable

Related words

Synonyms

bewilder perplex puzzle involved unfree embroiled tangled matted hooked reported entwined interwoven interlaced snarled intertwined enmeshed meshed implicated

Antonyms

Associated

qubit entanglement maximally separable photon rigging nets intrigue drown quantum ropes particles

Rhymes

mangled tangled newfangled spangled angled strangled dangled fangled jangled wangled

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