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tangle
1[ tang-guhl ]
verb (used with object)
- to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows:
The bushes were tangled with vines.
- to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare.
verb (used without object)
- to be or become tangled.
- Informal. to come into conflict; fight or argue:
I don't want to tangle with him over the new ruling.
noun
- a tangled condition or situation.
- a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something.
- a confused jumble:
a tangle of contradictory statements.
Synonyms: fight, dispute, argument, altercation, maze, labyrinth, snarl
- Informal. a conflict; disagreement:
He got into a tangle with the governor.
tangle
2[ tang-guhl ]
noun
- any of several large seaweeds of the genus Laminaria.
tangle
1/ ˈtæŋɡəl /
noun
- a confused or complicated mass of hairs, lines, fibres, etc, knotted or coiled together
- a complicated problem, condition, or situation
verb
- to become or cause to become twisted together in a confused mass
- introften foll bywith to come into conflict; contend
to tangle with the police
- tr to involve in matters which hinder or confuse
to tangle someone in a shady deal
- tr to ensnare or trap, as in a net
tangle
2/ ˈtæŋɡəl /
noun
- alternative names (esp Scot) for oarweed
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Derived Forms
- ˈtangler, noun
- ˈtanglement, noun
- ˈtangly, adjective
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Other Words From
- tangle·ment noun
- tangler noun
- tangly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tangle1
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Example Sentences
The process was a maddening tangle of unreliable tracking, delays, and confusion, the family member said.
The tangle of enormous fake diamonds resting on top of her cleavage sparkles at every flashbulb.
It was litigation as entertainment—a farcical tangle of events that titillated a ready, willing, and able country.
Pettet threw his head back and laughed as he recounted his tangle with the police.
The profession remains a knotty tangle of influences and causations and aggravations and insurers.
You only misunderstand each other, and with a little good will on both sides you can easily get out of your tangle.'
She went and stood at an open window and looked out upon the deep tangle of the garden below.
I saw three kinds of sea-tangle, but could only obtain a specimen of one, resembling that which I had seen in 44° South lat.
George jerked his peaked cap from his head, revealing a tangle of unkempt red hair.
The orchard ran down a slope of perhaps half an acre to the ferny tangle of the brook bed.
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