tangled
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tan·gled
(tăng′gəld)adj.
Complicated and difficult to unravel. See Synonyms at complex.
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" |
tangled
tangled
adjectiveDifficult to understand because of intricacy:
Translations
مَشْبوك، مُشْتَبِك
rozcuchanýspletený
gubancos
flæktur
spletitýzamotaný
zavozlanzmršen
arap saçına dönmüşdolanmışdolaşmış
tangled
[ˈtæŋg/əld] adj (string, wires, hair) → aggrovigliato/a (fig) (situation, negotiations) → ingarbugliato/atangle
(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.
tangled
a. enredado-a; confundido-a.