Synonyms for tangle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : tang-guhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæŋ gəl |
Top 10 synonyms for tangle Other synonyms for the word tangle
- catch
- complication
- derange
- discompose
- disorganize
- drag into
- ensnare
- entanglement
- entrap
- foul up
- hamper
- implicate
- interlace
- interlock
- intertwist
- interweave
- involve
- jam
- jungle
- kink
- make a party to
- mass
- mat
- maze
- mesh
- mess up
- mix up
- mix-up
- muck up
- muddle
- obstruct
- ravel
- rummage
- snag
- snarl
- tie up
- trap
- twist
- unbalance
- upset
- web
Définition of tangle
Origin :- mid-14c., nasalized variant of tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Swedish taggla "to disorder," Old Norse þongull "seaweed"). In reference to material things, from c.1500. Meaning "to fight with" is American English, first recorded 1928. Related: Tangled; tangling. Tanglefoot (1859) was Western American English slang for "strong whiskey."
- noun knot, confusion
- verb knot, complicate
- "It wasn't just a tangle, like combings," she went on slowly.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- He looked backward from the heights above the tangle after they had come through it.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- It is a nest of greenery in the midst of a tangle of brushwood.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- What on earth could I do when affairs were in such a tangle?
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- There was a tangle of undergrowth, and a heavy grove of palms.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- I suppose he worries dreadfully about his part of the tangle.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- This time he got further into the tangle before he grounded.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- There were some weather-beaten trees and a tangle of shrubs about it.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The tangle is a shocking one—lies, lies everywhere, and in the places where they were least to be expected.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- He made her lift her face from the tangle of silk bed quilts.
- Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley
Antonyms for tangle
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