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involvement
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad situation |
| Synonyms: | box*, corner*, difficulty, dilemma, entanglement, fix, hole*, imbroglio, impasse, involvement, jam, mire, morass, muddle, pass, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, plight, predicament, quandary, scrape, trouble |
| Antonyms: | blessing, solution, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | web |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | netting |
| Synonyms: | cobweb, complexity, entanglement, fabric, fiber, filigree, gossamer, interconnection, interlacing, involvement, labyrinth, lacework, lattice, mat, matting, maze, mesh, meshwork, morass, net, network, plait, reticulation, screen, skein, snarl, tangle, texture, tissue, toil, trellis, warp, weave, webbing, weft, wicker, woof |
| Main Entry: | embranglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embroilment |
| Synonyms: | confusion, ensnarement, entanglement, imbroglio, involvement, trouble |
| Main Entry: | enmeshment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entanglement |
| Synonyms: | embranglement, embroilment, ensnarement, entrapment, involvement, mesh, mix-up, snare, tangle, trap |
| Main Entry: | ensnarement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entanglement |
| Synonyms: | embranglement, embroilment, enmeshment, entrapment, involvement, mesh, mix-up, snare, tangle, trap |
| Main Entry: | immersion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
| Synonyms: | captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, prepossession, raptness |
| Notes: | baptism by sprinkling is aspersion, by dipping is immersion, by pouring water is affusion |
| Main Entry: | prepossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absorption |
| Synonyms: | captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |
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| Main Entry: | experience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | love |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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adorable, affectionate, after one's fancy, after one's mind, after one's own heart, after one's taste, amative, amatory, amiable, ammophilous, amorous, ardent, attached to, attractive, beloved, bewitching, bitten, bloten, brokenhearted, captivating, charmed, charming, congenial, darling, dear, dear as the apple of one's eye, dearly beloved, dendrophilous, devoted, enamored, enchanting, engaging, erotic, fascinating, favorite, fond of, glutolatrous, heartsick, in love, in one's good graces, interesting, lexicomanic, like an angel, little, lovable, loved, lovelorn, lovely, lovesick, loving, moonstruck, motherly, mulierose, nearest to one's heart, nemophilous, ornithophilous, over head and ears in love, pandemic, paphian, passionate, pet, philogynous, philophilosophos, philoprogenitive, photophilous, plagose, popular, potamophilous, precious, pygal, pygophilous, rapturous, romantic, sapid, seductive, smitten, struck with, sweet, sweet upon, sympathetic, taken with, tender, tid, to one's fancy, to one's mind, to one's own heart, to one's taste, true, unfaithful, uxorious, veneficial, wedded to, well, zoophiliac
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