entangling
noun1
entanglement
entangling
adj1
That causes entanglement.
- Were you, Sir, or I, to become stock-jobbers, money-scriveners, or adventurers in commerce, it would not be more entangling, or more likely to impede the discharge of our duty, in spiritually serving a congregation, and in communicating biblical and theological learning to young men of approved piety, to prepare them for the work of the ministry,—than is the other class of allurements and entanglements.1835, John Pye Smith, The Protestant Dissent Vindicated, page 51:
- On balance, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the American system of alliances is now more entangling than it is supportive of American interests, and that the United States has come to find itself in the company of relatively few genuine allies, many clients, and several obvious encumbrances.2019, Alan Ned Sabrosky, Alliances In U.s. Foreign Policy:
- Derived terms
- entanglingly