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Meaning of 'tangled' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tangled [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Tangle

Meaning of 'tangled' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tangled [ a]
Meaning (1):
- in a confused mass
Example in sentence:
  • pushed back her tangled hair;
  • the tangled ropes
2 . tangled [ s]
Meaning (2):
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Example in sentence:
  • a knotty problem;
  • Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship;
  • convoluted legal language;
  • convoluted reasoning;
  • got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering;
  • Oh, what a tangled web we weave;
  • the Byzantine tax structure;
  • the plot was too involved;
  • tortuous legal procedures;
  • tortuous negotiations lasting for months

Nearby Words:

tan tana tanager tanagrine tanagroid tanate tandem tang tangalung tanged

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