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adjective
- 1. twisted together untidily; matted: "his hair was a tangled mess" Similar
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adjective. uk / ˈtæŋ.ɡ ə ld / us / ˈtæŋ.ɡ ə ld / Add to word list. twisted into an untidy mass: tangled string. She ran a hand through her tangled hair. confused and complicated: a tangled issue. tangled up in sth. involved in something bad: I was not about to get tangled up in their argument. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of TANGLED is existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder. How to use tangled in a sentence.
1. twisted together; messy or untidy. a tangled mass of wires. The darkness lay heavy under the branches of the old tangled trees. When the smoke cleared, only the tangled wreckage of the machine gun was left. messy, tangled hair. 2. complicated. Harriet was wonderful, helping sort out tangled sentences, grammar and the like. Jurisdiction?
Tangled definition: snarled, interlaced, or mixed up. See examples of TANGLED used in a sentence.
If something is tangled or tangles, it becomes twisted together in an untidy way.
Definition of tangled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
an untidy mass of things that are not in a state of order, or a state of confusion or difficulty: a tangle of wires. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bending, twisting and curving. arch your back. ball up. bendy. bent. bowed. distorted. distortion. entwine. flexion. snakily. swirlingly. swoopy. tangled.
Definitions of 'tangled' 1. twisted together; messy or untidy. [...] 2. complicated. [...] More. Synonyms of 'tangled' • knotted, twisted, matted, messy [...] • complicated, involved, complex, confused [...] More. Idioms with 'tangled' a tangled web. Examples of 'tangled' in a sentence.
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.
Tangled is an adjective that describes a confused mass. You're likely to hear tangled used most often when referring to hair. If it's tangled, you can't brush or comb through it. Other than discussing hair, tangled can be used to refer to anything that's jumbled up and confused.
