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unraveled

unraveled adjective: disentangled or cleared up. Also the simple past and past participle of unravel.

Adjective

unraveled (comparative more unraveled, superlative most unraveled)

  1. Disentangled or cleared up.
    • I'm unraveled / Why can't you come stitch me up?2026, Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro, “The Cure”, in You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love

Also used as

unraveled is also the simple past and past participle of unravel.

Forms of unraveled

comparativemore unraveled
superlativemost unraveled
alternative UKunravelled

Origin of unraveled

From unravel + -ed. Cognate with Dutch ontrafeld (“unravelled”).

Questions about unraveled

What does unraveled mean?
Unraveled means disentangled or cleared up.
What part of speech is unraveled?
Unraveled is an adjective.

Words near unraveled in the dictionary

  1. unraucous
  2. unraunchy
  3. unravaged
  4. unravel
  5. unravelable
  6. unraveled
  7. unraveledst
  8. unraveler
  9. unravelers
  10. unravelest
  11. unraveleth

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