adj
Meaning 1
Mixed up, interlaced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- tangled knot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tangled
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/
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rhymes with -æŋɡəld
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CMU ARPABET: T AE1 NG G AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Intricate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of tangle
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
in a confused mass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- pushed back her tangled hair
- the tangled ropes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: untangled
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious- Sir Walter Scott
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Byzantine tax structure
- Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
- convoluted legal language
- convoluted reasoning
- the plot was too involved
- a knotty problem
- got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave
- tortuous legal procedures
- tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: takamingomingo — wisted together untidily; matted
- Māori: pōwhīwhiwhi — wisted together untidily; matted
- Māori: tārorerore — wisted together untidily; matted
- Māori: whīwhiwhi — wisted together untidily; matted
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