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tangle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of tangle

a state of mental uncertainty

  • my mind's been in a tangle ever since I learned some disturbing information about an online acquaintance
Synonyms of tangle

bafflement, bamboozlement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderedness, bewilderment, confusedness, confusion, discombobulation, distraction, fog, head-scratching, maze [chiefly dialect], muddle, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, whirl
Words Related to tangle

abashment, discomfiture, disconcertment, embarrassment, mortification

agitation, chagrin, discomfort, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturbance, perturbation, upset

bother, commotion, dither, flurry, fluster, fuss, stew, turmoil
Near Antonyms of tangle

assurance, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, positiveness, sureness

tangle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of tangle

1 to catch or hold as if in a net

  • was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone
Synonyms of tangle

catch up, enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrap, mesh, net, snare, trap
Words Related to tangle

bag, birdlime, capture, collar

embroil, implicate, involve, mire
Near Antonyms of tangle

detach, disengage, extricate

clear, free, liberate
Antonyms of tangle

disentangle, untangle

2 to twist together into a usually confused mass

  • that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with
Synonyms of tangle

entangle, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, snarl
Words Related to tangle

jumble, scrabble, scramble

braid, enlace, entwine, entwist, inweave, plait, twine, weave, wind, wreathe, writhe
Near Antonyms of tangle

unknot, unravel, unscramble

unweave
Antonyms of tangle

disentangle, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist

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