RAVELED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

raveled

verb

variants or ravelled

past tense of ravel

as in unraveled

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The full record includes real accomplishments, like restoring a depleted franchise to playoff relevance, attracting Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, adding James Harden and recovering substantial draft capital after that era unraveled.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Those plans unraveled after a dispute over Israel and an outside group’s campaign advertisement escalated into a public exchange of criticism between the rivals.

— Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of unraveled

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Frontier expands routes, will cut less profitable ones Dempsey took over from longtime Frontier CEO Barry Biffle in December and has unwound some of his more aggressive expansion plans.

— Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
Prosecutors and the media had unwound a web of lies from Santos over the years, including illegally spending donor money, lying about being Jewish, and fabricating his resume.

— Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2025

Definition of unwound

Verb

The researchers discovered that the nuclear spin could be flipped even when the electron and nuclear spins were largely disentangled.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Pawlikowski’s mother and father, also named Zula and Wiktor, whose unmanageable love had kept them tangled and disentangled for decades, took their own lives in 1989, as the Cold War that had cast its chill upon their time was beginning to thaw.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of disentangled

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Zack Wheeler pitched a gem against Tampa Bay on Sunday and untangled a few thousand knots inside the stomachs of Phillies fans, and even from those inside a mostly solemn clubhouse.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Below are the ones that untangled our knots and delivered the most seamless combing and brushing experience.

— Eden Stuart, Glamour, 7 July 2026

Definition of untangled

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