Synonyms of enmeshed

enmeshed

verb

variants also immeshed

past tense of enmesh

as in tangled

to catch or hold as if in a net

soon after Eli Whitney had invented it, others copied his cotton gin, and he spent the rest of his life enmeshed in lawsuits trying to protect his invention

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tangled
• ensnared
• trapped
• entrapped
• entangled
• meshed
• involved
• ensnarled
• snared
• netted
• entoiled
• caught up
• implicated
• embroiled
• captured
• mired
• collared
• birdlimed
• bagged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detached
• disentangled
• disengaged
• untangled
• liberated
• freed
• cleared
• extricated