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untangled

untangled is the simple past and past participle of untangle.

Meaning of untangle

Verb

untangle (third-person singular simple present untangles, present participle untangling, simple past and past participle untangled)

  1. (transitive) To remove tangles or knots from.
    • With gentle combing, untangle your hair.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To remove confusion or mystery from.
    • It took a while, but he finally untangled the problem.
    Synonyms:
    demystify

Adjective

untangled (not comparable)

  1. Not tangled.

Questions about untangled

What does untangled mean?
Untangled means not tangled.
What is untangled the simple past and past participle of?
Untangled is the simple past and past participle of untangle.
What part of speech is untangled?
Untangled is an adjective.

Words near untangled in the dictionary

  1. untangibility
  2. untangible
  3. untangibleness
  4. untangibly
  5. untangle
  6. untangled
  7. untanglement
  8. untangler
  9. untanglers
  10. untangles
  11. untangling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: untangled (page history and authors); untangle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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