1
: existing in or giving the appearance of a state of utter disorder
2
: very involved : exceedingly complex
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it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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Brent Lang, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
When the tangled magnetic field lines around these spots burst, the sun emits solar flares and coronal mass ejections of dense plasma that can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2026
That was when the floor collapsed, and men, benches, tables, ink, and paper tumbled four feet to the earth in a tangled mess.
—Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
Instead of juggling a tangled mess of chargers in your travel bag, this one streamlined charging cable powers multiple devices at once.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tangled
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangled. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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