as in complicated
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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as in trapped
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 knotted
to twist together into a usually confused mass
that darn cat tangled the yarn I was trying to knit with
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Recent Examples of tangled
Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Photos shared by the DCSO show the poodles with matted, tangled hair due to a lack of grooming, with some living in crates full of feces.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But creatures can get tangled in the strings or eat them to serious ill effect.
—Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
These picks are designed to make getting around smoother, way more efficient, and to help frequent fliers avoid travel chaos (think tangled necklaces, dead phone batteries, and neck strains).
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Photos shared by the DCSO show the poodles with matted, tangled hair due to a lack of grooming, with some living in crates full of feces.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
Deckhands crank in the net and rip each individual fish out of the net they’re tangled up in.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But creatures can get tangled in the strings or eat them to serious ill effect.
—Marjorie “slim” Woodruff, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tangled
Adjective
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The rust mantra is wisely chanted when searching for a Karmann Ghia, and restoring one is as complicated as restoring any Porsche 356 from the period.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Sep. 2025
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But the reality is more complicated.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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If trapped by moving water, seek the highest possible point and contact emergency services by calling 911.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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And if there is an accident on the narrow, mostly two-lane road, drivers can be trapped for hours.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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Traditional prep was about rules—blazers, pleated skirts, sweaters knotted neatly around the shoulders.—
Minty Mellon,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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Foothill was knotted in a scoreless tie against San Leandro at halftime and traded touchdowns early in the second half.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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These small-scale outfit changes, paired with an intricate and precise lighting design that, at times, bathed the arena in blue light, seemed to reveal Lorde’s desire to bare everything, to be so transparent as to be see through.—
Rachel Seo,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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The house, which comes with a private boat dock and direct river access, is characterized by original architectural details from the period, a steep, pitched roof with cross gables, expansive dormer windows, intricate decorative wood trim and a wrap-around porch.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The movement to weaken the state’s decades-old vaccination requirements is enmeshed with Kennedy’s orbit.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
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As summer gives way to fall—cooler nights, busier days—there are more opportunities to be present, to be deliberate, to be enmeshed in the dailiness of one’s life.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Families today are more anchored: two-income households complicate moves, aging demographics keep older homeowners in place, and many are locked into mortgage rates under 4%, unwilling to trade up into costlier loans.—
Brian Delp,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The shift would send states scrambling and complicate parents’ efforts to get young children vaccinated ahead of the coming respiratory virus season.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
14 Aug. 2025
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More than 3 million clinicians have trusted the tool for over three decades and are already using it to find best practices for challenging, complex medical cases.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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This is because the technology requires sophisticated programming and complex algorithms to control how materials react to stimuli.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Tangled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tangled. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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