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(Entry 1 of 2)
having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated
- it helps to have a lawyer to sort out the tangled contracts that home buyers typically have to contend with
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tangled
verb
past tense of tangle
Synonyms & Antonyms of tangled (Entry 2 of 2)
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
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2
to twist together into a usually confused mass
- that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with
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- entangled,
- interlaced,
- intertwined,
- intertwisted,
- interwove
- (also interweaved),
- knotted,
- snarled
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tangled. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of tangled was in 1596
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