Tangle

Noun

 * 1) a tangled twisted mass
 * 2) a complicated or confused state or condition
 * I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere.
 * 1) an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
 * 2)  A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.

Synonyms

 * knot, mess, snarl
 * maze, snarl
 * argument, conflict, dispute, fight

Verb

 * 1)  to become mixed together or intertwined
 * Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
 * 1)  to be forced into some kind of situation
 * 2)  to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
 * Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
 * He tangled with the law.
 * 1)  to mix together or intertwine
 * 2)  to catch and hold

Synonyms

 * dishevel, tousle
 * drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up
 * argue, conflict, dispute, fight
 * entangle, knot, mat, snarl
 * entrap

Antonyms

 * untangle, unsnarl

Adjectives for Tangle
dense; hopeless; confused; shining; mossy; feudal; matted; mazy; hereditary; complicated; blossoming; unexpected.

Verbs for Tangle
decipher—; dissolve—; elucidate—; extricate from—; fathom—; key—; liquidate—; resolve—; unravel—; unriddle—; unsnarl —; —confounds; —convulses; —deranges; —disconcerts; —dishevels; —jumbles; — meshes; —muddles; —perplexes; —perturbs; —puzzles; —ruffles; —rumples; — shuffles; —weaves; —webs.

Adverbs for Tangle
perplexingly; desperately; hopelessly; complicatedly; designedly; confusedly; haphazardly; diplomatically; economically.

Thesaurus
Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, a outrance, absorb, allure, bag, bait the hook, ball up, bandy with, battle, battle it out, birdlime, bump heads, burden, can of worms, catch, catch out, catch up, catch up in, coil, come up against, complex, complexity, complicate, complication, concern, confound, confuse, confusion, contend with, cope with, cramp, cripple, cross swords with, cumber, decoy, disagree with, dispute, draw in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, encumber, engage, engage with, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entanglement, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, enweb, exchange shots, fetter, fight against, fight like devils, fight with, foul, foul up, gin, gnarl, go to loggerheads, grapple with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, harpoon, have it out, hobble, hook, hook in, impede, implicate, interest, interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, inveigle, involve, jam, jumble, jungle, kink, knot, labyrinth, lame, land, lasso, lime, lock horns, louse up, lumber, lure, maze, meander, measure swords with, medley, mesh, mess, mess up, mishmash, mix up, mix-up, morass, muck, muck up, muddle, nail, net, noose, perplex, press down, puzzle, ramify, ravel, rope, sack, saddle with, scramble, screw up, settle it, shackle, shuffle, skein, snafu, snag, snake pit, snare, snarl, snarl up, sniggle, spear, spread the toils, strive with, struggle with, suck into, take, tangle up with, tangle with, tangled skein, tilt with, toil, trammel, trap, trip, try conclusions with, twist, web, webwork, weigh down, wheels within wheels, wilderness, wind, wrestle with

Etymology
From *undefined: <  þöngull:, diminutive of þang:.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * Dutch: wirwar
 * Finnish: ,


 * Polish:
 * Russian: путаница
 * Swedish: bråte, härva,, oreda, trassel, virrvarr


 * Finnish:
 * Polish: zamęt


 * Swedish: härva,, trassel, virrvarr


 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish:


 * Swedish:, ,

Verb

 * Finnish: sotkeutua, sotkuuntua
 * French:


 * Swedish: bli tilltrasslad, trassla sig


 * Finnish:


 * Swedish: bli insnärjd


 * Finnish: ,


 * Swedish: gräla, bråka, tampas


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Italian: intrecciare
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: trassla till, göra trasslig


 * Swedish:


 * : verwarren, in de war brengen, compliceren

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