Definitions for tangled

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tangled(adj)

    in a confused mass

    "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

  2. Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous(adj)

    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"

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tangled

    of Tangle


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

tangled(adjective)

in a tangle

tangled hair/branches; Her hair is always tangled.

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