UNRAVELED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

unraveled

verb

past tense of unravel

as in frayed

to separate the various strands of it took us forever to unravel the jumbled mass of Christmas tree lights

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as in solved

to find an answer for through reasoning unraveled the mystery

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Recent Examples of unraveled Their engagement unraveled, and the pair ultimately separated in 2022 after attempts at reconciliation. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Ed Sheeran’s world tour unraveled Tuesday after all his remaining supporting acts quit in solidarity with the rapper Macklemore and his onstage support of Palestinians. — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026 How a life unraveled Ivanna Ortiz was a different person before a car accident and bitter custody battle, friends and relatives say. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 For the first time since the night Rodgers’ Jets tenure unraveled, Gang Green is 1-0—and its long-suffering fans finally have reason to believe again. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026 But the occasion quickly unraveled into an explosive scandal, with mathematicians accusing the company of stealing their work. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026 The second inning, though, is where things really unraveled for San Francisco. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026 When a landmark restaurant closed in Daytona Beach, Florida, reporters at the News-Journal explored how everything unraveled. — Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Later on Saturday, Pezeshkian called on state TV for a revival of the interim deal, which was signed on June 17 but quickly unraveled amid disagreements over what had been agreed, especially on the status of the Strait of Hormuz. — Reuters, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026

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The relationship between the fans and the club’s hierarchy, including ownership at The Friedkin Group, has also been frayed due to the way the window ended.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
But ties between the US and Zambia frayed this year following reports the State Department was tying health funding to preferential mineral access for US firms, a plan that Zambia rejected.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of frayed

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Home-server owners will already understand the attraction, and the pro’s solved this ages ago but spent a lot more than this.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2026
His problems were tough and solved dangerously, if conveniently, as required by producer-writer Bruce Geller’s teleplay.

— Ed Olmstead, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of solved

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Outside the window warm air moved the leaves on the branches while around her, phones rang, and men and women answered Helios Accounting, Entertainment’s Finest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
But in the meantime, before all these cosmic, life-and-death questions can be answered, this episode of Lanterns makes for a meaningful memorial to a deeply imperfect hero.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of answered

Verb

Systems have to be disentangled, employees moved, contracts rewritten, and corporate functions recreated.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
To pretend that a cover is merely incidental is to ignore how much of literature is extraliterary, as if consciousness can be easily disentangled from the body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of disentangled

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He was also not joined by the Writers Guild of America, which filed its own antitrust suit and also resolved it over the weekend.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Newsom, however, said in his Sunday veto message that the issue must be resolved in federal court before California can pass such a law.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of resolved

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Facilities that once smoothed a few weeks of timing now sometimes carry a portfolio for months, occasionally across an entire fundraising cycle.

— Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Attendees posed for selfies with our supermodel cover stars Anok Yai and Alex Consani, got their curls refreshed with Wella Professionals, and had their foreheads smoothed at VIP neuromodulator appointments.

— Jennet Jusu, Allure, 10 Sep. 2026

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