ensnaring

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adjective

That ensnares or traps.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ensnare
adjectiveensnaring (comparative more ensnaring, superlative most ensnaring)

comparative more ensnaring · superlative most ensnaring

  1. That ensnares or traps.

    Abraham, like his parents, seemed to have been limed and caught by the ensnaring inn.

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 39
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APA

ensnaring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensnaring

MLA

“ensnaring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensnaring. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ensnaring,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ensnaring.

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