trapped

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trapped

adjective more trapped · most trapped

  1. Caught in a trap.

    Similar: snared · Opposite: untrapped, unsnared

  2. In a state of stagnation or despair; unable to move forward.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of trap

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unfree, treed, at bay, cornered, booby-trapped, wrapped, beset, locked, enclosed, confined, beleaguered, pinned, ambushed, pinched, jammed, constrained

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adj caught in a trap

Españolatrapado
中文被困
Françaisattrapé
Deutschgefangen
Italianointrappolato
Ελληνικάεγκλωβισμένος egklovisménos
Românăprins
Русскийпо́йманный pójmannyj, захва́ченный zaxváčennyj
עבריתלָכוּד lakhúd

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@misc{trapped_2026,
  title = {trapped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trapped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}