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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. tangled

    That is complex which is made up of several connected parts. That is compound in which the parts are not merely connected, but fused, or otherwise combined into a single substance. In a composite object the different parts have less of unity than in that which is complex or compound, but maintain their distinct individuality. In a heterogeneous body unlike parts or particles are intermingled, often without apparent order or plan. Conglomerate (literally, globed together) is said of a confused mingling of masses or lumps of various substances. The New England pudding-stone is a conglomerate rock. In a complex object the arrangement and relation of parts may be perfectly clear; in a complicated mechanism the parts are so numerous, or so combined, that the mind can not readily grasp their mutual relations; in an intricate arrangement the parts are so intertwined that it is difficult to follow their windings; things are involved which are rolled together so as not to be easily separated, either in thought or in fact; things which are tangled or entangled mutually hold and draw upon each other. The conception of a material object is usually complex, involving form, color, size, and other elements; a clock is a complicated mechanism; the Gordian knot was intricate; the twining serpents of the Laocoon are involved. We speak of an abstruse statement, a complex conception, a confused heap, a heterogeneous mass, a tangled skein, an intricate problem; of composite architecture, an involved sentence; of the complicated or intricate accounts of a great business, the entangled accounts of an incompetent or dishonest bookkeeper.

    Antonyms:
    clear, direct, homogeneous, obvious, plain, simple, uncombined, uncompounded, uniform, unraveled

    Synonyms:
    abstruse, complex, complicated, composite, compound, confused, conglomerate, entangled, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, manifold, mingled, mixed, multiform, obscure

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. tangledadjective

    in a confused mass

    "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

    Antonyms:
    disentangled, unsnarled, untangled, loosened, simple

    Synonyms:
    involved, knotty, convoluted, tortuous

  2. Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuousadjective

    highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

    "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"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

    Antonyms:
    untangled, unsnarled, disentangled, loosened, simple

    Synonyms:
    involved, knotty, problematical, twisty, convolute, twisting, winding, problematic, mired, gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, snarly, voluminous, tortuous, convoluted, baffling, snarled

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tangledadjective

    Synonyms:
    entangled, complicated, tangly, snarled, intricate, involved

How to use tangled in a sentence?

  1. Jeb Bush:

    We should reform it, if it's to be used as a deterrent, it has to be reformed. It can't take 25 years. That does no one any good. Neither the victims nor the state is solving this problem with that kind of tangled judicial process.

  2. George Carter:

    I turn around and I see my son tangled up in a lead rope and a cow running down the drive way, at that point, he had already been stomped on.

  3. Thomas De Gendt:

    I'm fine but it was just frustrating, it was a key moment in the race. ( Michael) Woods crashed and took out Giant( Moscow) and me and I just got tangled in Giant's bike.

  4. The Briton:

    (Sprinter) Usain Bolt is the most tested athlete, male or female, in any sport on the planet. Reality and perception often get badly tangled, we take this very very seriously and we need to make sure that the public believe what they watch in a stadium is legitimate.

  5. John Rocco Savalli:

    Truth is simple. It's just the truth. But think about when someone lies. Think about all the lies they need to tell in order to keep the original lie going. It's a tangled web, and it makes getting at the truth very difficult - which is exactly what the liar wants."

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#783direct
#907clear
#933simple
#3226plain
#4450obvious
#4721uniform
#18248homogeneous
#25735tangled
#51760loosened
#94935unraveled
#162613untangled
#195927disentangled
#258162uncombined

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