tangle

Pronunciation: US [ˈtæŋɡ(ə)l] UK ['tæŋɡ(ə)l]

n.Disputes; confusion; messy pile; chaos
v.Tangled; tangle; chaos
WebEntanglement; winding; chaos

Synonyms

Antonyms

catch up enmesh immesh ensnare ensnarl entoil entrap mesh net snare entangle trap

Definitions in English

v.	1. to fight or to argue with someone 2. if something tangles, or if you tangle it, its parts become twisted around each other or around something else so that they look messy and are difficult to separate
n.	1. the messy shape that things make when they are twisted around each other or around something else 2. a situation that is difficult to deal with because things are not organized properly 3. a fight, or an argument

Other Forms

Example Sentences

This string is all in a tangle.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
He freed three fenceposts from the tangle of broken fencing.
Source: J. M. Coetzee
The knobbly branches growing in a tangle.
Source: U. Holden
Tangl'd in the fold Of dire necessity.
Source: Milton
Hotels tangled in bankruptcy proceedings.
Source: Time

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Rearrange English Word: tangle
gelant
Based on tangle, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
d - aeglnt
e - elegant
i - atingle
l - elating
o - gelatin
r - genital
s - tangelo
t - gelants
u - tangles
w - gantlet
All shorter English words within tangle :
ae ag age agent aglet al ale alt an ane angel angle ant ante at ate eat egal el elan en eng et eta etna gae gaen gal gale gan gane gat gate gel gelt gen gent get geta glean glen gnat la lag lane lang lat late laten lea lean leant leg lent let na nae nag ne neat net ta tae tael tag tale tan tang tea teal teg tel tela ten
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With the same order, English words that are formed by any part of : t ta tan tang tangle a an angle g e
Based on tangle, all English words formed by changing one letter
Create new English words with the same letter pairs: ta an ng gl le
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English words starting with tangle :
tanglers tangled tangler tangles tangle
English words that contain tangle :
entangle octangle tanglers tangled tangler tangles tangle
English words ending with tangle :
entangle octangle tangle