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Another word for tangle

tangle Synonyms

tangle

n.

snarl, snag, muddle; see confusion 2, knot 2.

tangle Synonyms

tangle

v.

involve, complicate, confuse, obstruct, hamper, derange, mix up, discompose, disorganize, upset, unbalance, unhinge, embarrass, perplex, tie up, trap, mess up.

Antonyms order*, fix, unravel.

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Another word for tangle

verb

To twist together so that separation is difficult:
ensnarl, entangle, foul, snarl². See order
To make complex, intricate, or perplexing:
complicate, embarrass, entangle, involve, perplex, ravel, snarl². See simple
To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping:
catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, snare, trammel, trap, web. See free
(Informal)
To engage in a quarrel:
argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. (Informal) hassle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See conflict

noun

Something that is intricately and often bewilderingly complex:
cat's cradle, entanglement, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mesh (often used in plural), morass, skein, snarl², web. See simple
(Informal)
A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed:
altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. (Informal) hassle, rhubarb. See conflict

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He was sure by now it was a brown tangle, ready for the trash heap.
The commander-in-chief's first duty was to create a field army out of the tangle of units in Cape Colony.
Involved in the tangle of European diplomacy; he is the monarch of a vast, admirably organized, spiritual world-empire, and when - as must needs happen - the overlapping of the spiritual and temporal spheres brings him into conflict with a secular power, his diplomacy is backed, wherever Catholic sentiment is strong, by a force which the secular power has much difficulty in resisting;.
In the densest forests the trees, struggling through the tangle of underwood to the light, are often 150 ft.
Take all the webbing of a normal spider, wad it up and tangle everything together then attach it to random points.

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