Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to entangle
Participle: entangled
Gerund: entangling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | entangle |
| you | entangle |
| he;she;it | entangles |
| we | entangle |
| you | entangle |
| they | entangle |
Perfect
| I | have entangled |
| you | have entangled |
| he;she;it | has entangled |
| we | have entangled |
| you | have entangled |
| they | have entangled |
Past
| I | entangled |
| you | entangled |
| he;she;it | entangled |
| we | entangled |
| you | entangled |
| they | entangled |
Pluperfect
| I | had entangled |
| you | had entangled |
| he;she;it | had entangled |
| we | had entangled |
| you | had entangled |
| they | had entangled |
Future
| I | will entangle |
| you | will entangle |
| he;she;it | will entangle |
| we | will entangle |
| you | will entangle |
| they | will entangle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have entangled |
| you | will have entangled |
| he;she;it | will have entangled |
| we | will have entangled |
| you | will have entangled |
| they | will have entangled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | entangle |
| you | entangle |
| he;she;it | entangle |
| we | entangle |
| you | entangle |
| they | entangle |
Perfect
| I | have entangled |
| you | have entangled |
| he;she;it | have entangled |
| we | have entangled |
| you | have entangled |
| they | have entangled |
Imperfect
| I | entangled |
| you | entangled |
| he;she;it | entangled |
| we | entangled |
| you | entangled |
| they | entangled |
Pluperfect
| I | had entangled |
| you | had entangled |
| he;she;it | had entangled |
| we | had entangled |
| you | had entangled |
| they | had entangled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would entangle |
| you | would entangle |
| he;she;it | would entangle |
| we | would entangle |
| you | would entangle |
| they | would entangle |
Perfect
| I | would have entangled |
| you | would have entangled |
| he;she;it | would have entangled |
| we | would have entangled |
| you | would have entangled |
| they | would have entangled |
Imperative
| you | entangle |
| we | Let's entangle |
| you | entangle |
Verbs conjugated like 'entangle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'entangle'
intangle,
untangle,
detangle,
enmingle,
enrange,
entackle,
entangel,
entayle,
estrangle,
tangle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- involve in a convoluted matter
- complicate, embroil, intricate, mire, mix up
- confuse
- embroil, complicate, embrangle, bewilder, knot, mat, tangle, embarrass
- ensnare
- trap, enmesh, ensnarl
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- + tangle.
Sample Sentences
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The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net.
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But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […] [1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Madeleine”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 19:]
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The story entangles the facts with value judgments.