What is another word for entraps?

Pronunciation: [ɛntɹˈaps] (IPA)

The word "entraps" means to catch or trap someone in a difficult situation or dilemma. There are several synonyms for the word entraps, including ensnares, snags, entangles, captures, ensnarl, and traps. These synonyms carry similar meanings and often are interchangeable depending on the context in which they are used. Other synonyms for entraps include ensconces, enmeshes, immobilizes, confines, restrains, and jails. These words all relate to trapping someone in a negative situation or preventing them from escaping. Each synonym for entraps has its nuances, but all convey the sense of being in a difficult or sticky situation that is hard to get out of.

What are the hypernyms for Entraps?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Entraps

I am convinced that in Nobeoka there is not a single high-collared guy who passes round threadbare remarks, or who with smooth face, entraps innocent people.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
They keep on preaching that pederasty is comparatively unknown and entraps only a few, but many clever men endeavour to be entrapped, and end by thinking it so pleasant that they prefer these monsters to the most beautiful women."
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
"Yes," rejoined Beauchamp, "in the London world we are wont to rave about matters we really don't care a rush about, to affect aesthetic tastes which we have not got, and the pretension to which entraps us into much foolish speaking.
"Belles and Ringers"
Hawley Smart

Famous quotes with Entraps

  • It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
    George Santayana
  • It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.
    George Santayana

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