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tangled

/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/adjective2 syllables

Tangled means: in a confused mass.

Synonyms for tangled19

adjective, as in in a confused mass

afoul, foul, fouled, enmeshed, intermeshed, entangled, knotty, snarled, snarly, matted, rootbound, thrown, thrown and twisted

adjective, as in highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous, labyrinthine, complex

Opposites of tangled

untangled

What does tangled mean?2

adjective

1

in a confused mass“pushed back her tangled hair”

2

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious“the Byzantine tax structure”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with tangled?3

two syllables

angledstrangled

three syllables

entangled
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Tangled in a sentence

  • A tangled web they weaved, as they practiced to deceive.twacnvcoc
  • It confuses me how combs can become so tangled up in my hair.jamessilver
  • A long piece of thread easily becomes tangled up.CK
  • A tangled hierarchy is a hierarchical consciousness system in which a strange loop appears.Keith
  • Give us peace with your tangled hair: go brush it!AmarMecheri
  • I've become tangled up in a web of lies.LimeGreenTeknii
  • The bat got tangled up in the net.Amastan
  • Ziri's balloon became tangled in the tree branches.always

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