snared

Definitions

Caught in or as if in a trap.

Entangled or lured into a compromising or difficult situation.

Examples

The rabbit was snared in the hunter's trap before dawn.

She felt snared by the complex web of lies she had spun.

Synonyms

trapped captured entangled ensnared caught ambushed cornered

Antonyms

freed released liberated unshackled let go unbound disentangled