enmeshed

enmeshed
en|meshed [ınˈmeʃt] adj [not before noun]
very involved in an unpleasant or complicated situation
enmeshed in/with
Congress worried about becoming enmeshed in a foreign war.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • enmeshed — adjective caught as if in a mesh enmeshed in financial difficulties • Syn: ↑intermeshed • Similar to: ↑tangled * * * adj involved, associated, concerned, caught up, entangled, mixed up * * * enmeshed UK [ɪnˈmeʃt] US …   Useful english dictionary

  • enmeshed — adjective (not before noun) very involved in an unpleasant or complicated situation: Congress worried about becoming enmeshed in a foreign war …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • enmeshed — adjective tangled or twisted together …   Wiktionary

  • enmeshed — en|meshed [ ın meʃt ] adjective never before noun FORMAL involved in a complicated or unpleasant situation that it is difficult to escape from …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • enmeshed — en·mesh || ɪn meʃ v. catch, ensnare, entrap, entangle …   English contemporary dictionary

  • enmeshed — UK [ɪnˈmeʃt] / US adjective [never before noun] formal involved in a complicated or unpleasant situation that it is difficult to escape from …   English dictionary

  • be enmeshed in — entangle. → enmesh …   English new terms dictionary

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