tangled
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tan·gled
(tăng′gəld)adj.
Complicated and difficult to unravel. See Synonyms at complex.
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tangled
(ˈtæŋɡəld)adj
twisted together; messy or untidycomplicated
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Adj. | 1. | tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes" untangled - not tangled |
2. | tangled - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs" |
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tangled
adjective
1. knotted, twisted, matted, messy, snarled, jumbled, entangled, knotty, tousled tugging a comb through her tangled hair
2. complicated, involved, complex, confused, messy, mixed-up, convoluted, knotty His personal life has become more tangled than ever.
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tangled
adjectiveDifficult to understand because of intricacy:
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Translations
مَشْبوك، مُشْتَبِك
rozcuchanýspletený
gubancos
flæktur
spletitýzamotaný
zavozlanzmršen
arap saçına dönmüşdolanmışdolaşmış
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tangled
[ˈtæŋg/əld] adj (string, wires, hair) → aggrovigliato/a (fig) (situation, negotiations) → ingarbugliato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tangle
(ˈtӕŋgl) noun an untidy, confused or knotted state. The child's hair was in a tangle.
verb to make or become tangled. Don't tangle my wool when I'm knitting.
ˈtangled adjective in a tangle. tangled hair/branches; Her hair is always tangled.
tangle with to become involved in a quarrel or struggle with (a person etc). I tangled with him over politics.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tangled
a. enredado-a; confundido-a.
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