connected by participation or association or use Examples - the problems involved - the involved muscles - I don't want to get involved - everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified
entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire Example - brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion
emotionally involved
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious Examples - Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship - convoluted legal language - convoluted reasoning - the plot was too involved - a knotty problem - got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering - Oh, what a tangled web we weave - tortuous legal procedures - tortuous negotiations lasting for months
enveloped Example - the difficulties in which the question is involved