Defenition of the word tangle
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Defenition of the word tangle
- To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
- something jumbled or confused
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business"
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord"
- tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
- a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
- disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
- something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don''t drag me into this business"
- a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- disarrange or rumple; dishevel
- tangle or complicate
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
Synonyms for the word tangle
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- argument
- complication
- conflict
- confuse
- dishevel
- disorder
- dispute
- drag
- drag in
- embroil
- entangle
- fight
- intertwine
- interweave
- jam
- jumble
- kink
- knot
- labyrinth
- mat
- maze
- mesh
- mess
- mix-up
- ravel
- snarl
- sweep
- sweep up
- tousle
- twist
- web
Similar words in the tangle
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- tangle
- tangle's
- tangled
- tangles
Hyponyms for the word tangle
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- enmesh
- ensnarl
- felt
- hair ball
- hairball
- mesh
- shag
- trichobezoar
Hypernyms for the word tangle
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- device
- disarrange
- distort
- enlace
- entwine
- interlace
- intertwine
- involve
- lace
- natural object
- perplexity
- situation
- state
- twine
- twist
- vehicle
Antonyms for the word tangle
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- disentangle
- straighten out
- unknot
- unpick
- unravel
- unscramble
- unsnarl
- untangle
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