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noun

Definition of tanglenext
as in confusion
a state of mental uncertainty my mind's been in a tangle ever since I learned some disturbing information about an online acquaintance

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verb

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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net was at last tangled in the web of lies that he had told to everyone

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as in to knot
to twist together into a usually confused mass that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with

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“Tangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tangle. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.

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