tangle

Meaning of 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.
  3. An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
  4. A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
  5. A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns.
verb
  1. To become mixed together or intertwined
    Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
  2. To enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
    Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
  3. To mix together or intertwine
  4. To catch and hold; to ensnare.
noun
  1. Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria.
  2. (in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
  3. Any long hanging thing, even a lanky person.

Information about tangle

  • The plural form of tangle is: tangles.
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Hyphenation of tangle

tan-gle

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • tangle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

tangle synonyms

Meaning snarl:

snarl, maze

Meaning embroil:

embroil, sweep, drag

Meaning ravel:

ravel, knot

Meaning tousle:

tousle, dishevel

Meaning entangle:

entangle, mat, snarl

Meaning :

argument, conflict, dispute, fight, mess, entrap, argue

tangle antonyms

Meaning :

unsnarl, untangle

Translation of tangle

Anagrams of tangle

Atglen, gelant, telang

Words that rhyme with tangle

Angle, Triangle, adangle, ajangle, angle, atangle, bangle, bemangle, bespangle, betangle, brangle, cangle, circumspangle, cubangle, dangle, dingledangle, disembrangle, disentangle, embrangle, enspangle, entangle, equiangle, estrangle, fandangle, fangle, foretriangle, gangle, hangle, hexangle, imbrangle, intangle, interentangle, interjangle, intertangle, jangle, jinglejangle, langle, leangle, leeangle, liangle, mangle, monangle, multangle, newfangle, octangle, outwrangle, overdangle, pentangle, quadrangle, quindecangle

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