tangled
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈtæŋɡəld/
:
complicado
- I am not about to get caught up in your little tangled web of deception.
- a tangled web
It made it more complicated and it made his his thinking more, I won't say confused, but certainly, you know, more tangled.
- It made it more complicated and it made his his thinking more, I won't say confused, but certainly, you know, more tangled.
Examples
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Fontaine was beside herself with tangled emotions.
Fiction book (2002) -
Such relationships (real or imagined) build a tangled web of mistrust for wary information seekers.
Academic text (2014) -
Start with what you actually know and then move into deeper, more tangled subjects on the way.
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STREETS OF ROME - DAY: Faith speeds through the tangled web of Roman traffic.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yet he began to see his way through the tangled tale: Iris must have been getting even.
Fiction book (1990) -
The result is a complex and tangled dispute that is escalating by the month.
Blog text (22) -
In the end, it was Scotland Yard and Inspector Rutledge who had to sort through the tangled threads of deception and twisted allegiances.
Fiction book (2000) -
Understanding the intricate details of the case proved to be a tangled mess of conflicting testimonies.
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Her explanation was so tangled and full of contradictions that I couldn't follow her argument.
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The plot of the movie was tangled with unexpected twists that kept the audience guessing.
Synonyms
876
5.4
Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts
73
6.7
Having many small parts or details that are hard to understand
31
8.6
Very complicated and hard to follow, often not needed
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6.6
Complicated and hard to understand
7
8.1
Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument
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9.8
Very complex and difficult to understand, often about systems and rules
4
9.2
Having many parts that are hard to follow like a maze
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8.6
Very difficult to solve, cleverly made to confuse people
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8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
5.1
Fairly difficult and needing some skill or care to do
1
5.7
Full of confusing, twisting paths that are hard to find your way through
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5.3
Twisted together, like wires, or stuck in a difficult situation
1
7.5
Caught up in something so you cannot easily leave
Extremely difficult problem that seems impossible to solve, like a tangled knot
Very hard to understand because it is complicated
Full of many tangled parts that are hard to follow
Tangled into messy knots that are hard to separate
Having rough, twisted bumps on wood or hands
Antonyms
How Complicated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tangled comes from the old word tangle, which meant 'to twist together', and a helpful way to remember the figurative use is to imagine ideas or rules as threads all knotted up. So a tangled situation or story is one with many parts twisted together and hard to understand.