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[ in-volvd ] SHOW IPA
/ ɪnˈvɒlvd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
implicated: involved in crime.
concerned in some affair, especially in a way likely to cause danger or unpleasantness: I didn't call the police because I didn't want to get involved.
committed or engaged, as in a political cause or artistic movement: The civil rights demonstration attracted the involved young people of the area.
Origin of involved First recorded in 1600–10; involve + -ed2
SYNONYMS FOR involved 1 complicated, knotty, tangled, perplexing.
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OTHER WORDS FROM involved in·volv·ed·ly [in-vol -vid-lee, -volvd -], /ɪnˈvɒl vɪd li, -ˈvɒlvd-/, adverb in·volv·ed·ness, noun non·in·volved, adjective un·in·volved, adjective Words nearby involved involution, involutional, involutional melancholia, involutional psychosis, involve, involved , invt., invulnerable, invultuation, in wait, in waiting
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The agony of her spirit, involved in endless and horrid labyrinths of doubt, is powerfully portrayed.
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Obando involved himself in quarrels with the Mussulman inhabitants of Mindanao, for which he had made no adequate preparation.
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Again, as in her joy her words were few; again as in her joy her whole being was involved .
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British Dictionary definitions for involved adjective complicated; difficult to comprehend an involved literary style
(usually postpositive) concerned or implicated one of the men involved
(postpositive foll by with ) euphemistic having sexual relations she was involved with a number of men
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Words related to involved affected, concerned, interested, embroiled, participating, entangled, muddled, elaborate, sophisticated, winding, tangled, convoluted, confusing, ramified, caught, hooked, embarrassed, occupied, enmeshed, incriminated