COMPLICATO. INTRICATO. OSCURO. COINVOLTO. IMPLICATO. IMPEGNATO. IMMERSO
involved
\in*volved"\ (?), a. (zo?l.) same as involute.
involved
adj
1. connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "i don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified" [ant: uninvolved]
2. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion" [syn: mired]
3. emotionally involved [syn: involved with(p) ]
4. highly involved or intricate; "the byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "oh, what a tangled web we weave"- sir walter scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: byzantine, convoluted, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous]
5. enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"
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