1) Active 2) Caught up 3) Concerned 4) Confused 5) Embroiled 6) Emotionally involved 7) Engaged 8) Enmeshed 9) Entangled 10) Enveloped 11) Implicated 12) Interested 13) Mixed up 14) Neck-deep 15) Participating 16) Up to her neck 17) Up to his neck 18) Up to my neck 19) Up to our necks 20) Up to their necks 1) Active 2) Complex 3) Complicated 4) Convoluted 5) Elaborate 6) Embroiled 7) Enclosed 8) Encumbered 9) Entailed 10) Entangled 11) Implicated 12) Inon 13) Intricate 14) Mired 15) Participating 16) Tortuous 
• (a.) Same as Involute. • (imp. & p. p.) of Involve
In·volved' adjective (Zoology) Same as Involute . 
[adj] - enveloped 2. [adj] - connected by participation or association or use 3. [adj] - entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire 4. [adj] - emotionally involved
mired adjective entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; `the difficulties in which the question is involved`; `brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion`
very intricate or complex: an involved reply. · implicated: involved in crime. · concerned in some affair, esp. 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 demonstrati...
[Academic words] connected by participation or association or use