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    Tangle

    Definitions

    1 | verb | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action 2 | verb | tangle or complicate 3 | verb | disarrange or rumple; dishevel 4 | verb | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass 5 | noun | a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven 6 | noun | something jumbled or confused (6 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    t'angguhl (IPA: tˈæŋɡəl)

    Hyphenation

    tan-gle (6 letters | 2 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1340 (High Middle ages) (685 years ago)

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    tangled | tangling | tangles

    Synonyms

    drag | drag in | embroil | sweep | sweep up | knot | ravel | dishevel | tousle | entangle | mat | snarl | maze (total: 13)

    Narrower terms

    enmesh | ensnarl | felt | mesh | hairball | trichobezoar (total: 6)

    Broader terms

    involve | enlace | entwine | interlace | intertwine | lace | twine | disarrange | distort | twist | natural object | perplexity (total: 12)

    Rhymes

    bangle | dangle | disentangle | entangle | jangle | mangle | spangle | strangle | untangle | wangle | wrangle (total: 11) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    bangle | dangle | jangle | mangle | tingle | wangle (total: 6)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    sea tangle | tangle orchid | tangle with

    Translations

    Japanese: | 縺れ (common noun) | 縺れる (verb)

    Other notable uses

    The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales (Ella Young)

    tangle.com | tangle.info

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Hair problem | Hair snarl | Snarl | Snarled mess | What a comb undoes (total: 5) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    7 (International English) | 7 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

    (???) ?82-6453

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