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tangled

/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/

tangled adjective: mixed up, interlaced. Also the simple past and past participle of tangle.

Adjective

tangled (comparative more tangled, superlative most tangled)

  1. Mixed up, interlaced.
    • tangled knot
    • Troubled, 'wilder'd, and forlorn, / Dark, benighted, travel-worn, / Over many a tangled spray, / All heart-broke I heard her say1789, William Blake, “A Dream”, in Songs of Innocence
  2. (broadly) Intricate.

Also used as

tangled is also the simple past and past participle of tangle.

Examples of tangled in a sentence

  • That like a mighty river onward streams / In multitudinous channels ruthlessly, / Past tangled isles and barriers of sand1919, Henry Head, “Paris. April, 1916”, in Destroyers and Other Verses:
  • Lost inside a world I never belonged / Thinking that I knew my right from my wrong / Tangled in confusion feeling my way / Living in a shadow all shades of gray1978, Brainstorm, “We're on Our Way Home, Pt. 1”, in Journey to the Light:

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Forms of tangled

comparativemore tangled
superlativemost tangled

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Questions about tangled

What does tangled mean?
Tangled means mixed up, interlaced.
How do you use tangled in a sentence?
That like a mighty river onward streams / In multitudinous channels ruthlessly, / Past tangled isles and barriers of sand
What part of speech is tangled?
Tangled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tangled?
Tangled is pronounced /ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/.

Words near tangled in the dictionary

  1. Tanglaw
  2. tangle
  3. tangle net
  4. tangle-leg
  5. tangle-wrack
  6. tangled
  7. tangled nest spider
  8. tangled nest spiders
  9. tangled web
  10. tangled webs
  11. tangledly

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