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tangled |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tangle 1 of 4 senses of tangle Sense 4 entangle, tangle, mat, snarl => felt => enmesh, mesh, ensnarl Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb tangle 1 of 4 senses of tangle Sense 4 entangle, tangle, mat, snarl => felt => enmesh, mesh, ensnarl Entailment of verb tangle Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb tangle 4 senses of tangle Sense 1 embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up drag, drag in => involve Sense 2 ravel, tangle, knot => intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace Sense 3 tousle, dishevel, tangle => disarrange Sense 4 entangle, tangle, mat, snarl => twist, twine, distort Familiarity of verb tangle tangle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb tangle Sense 1 embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up drag, drag in => involve -------------- Sense 2 ravel, tangle, knot => intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace -------------- Sense 3 tousle, dishevel, tangle => disarrange -------------- Sense 4 entangle, tangle, mat, snarl => twist, twine, distort -------------- Overview of verb tangle The verb tangle has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up drag, drag in -- (force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business") 2. ravel, tangle, knot -- (tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story") 3. tousle, dishevel, tangle -- (disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair") 4. entangle, tangle, mat, snarl -- (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord") Overview of adj tangled The adj tangled has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) tangled -- (in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes") 2. (2) Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous -- (highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months") Antonyms of adj tangled 2 senses of tangled Sense 1 tangled (vs. untangled) untangled (vs. tangled) => disentangled, loosened, unsnarled Sense 2 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous INDIRECT (VIA complex) -> simple Similarity of adj tangled 2 senses of tangled Sense 1 tangled (vs. untangled) => afoul(predicate), foul, fouled => enmeshed, intermeshed => entangled => intertwined => knotted, snarled, snarly => matted => rootbound => thrown, thrown and twisted Sense 2 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous => complex (vs. simple) Attributes of adj tangled Familiarity of adj tangled tangled used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj tangled disentangled entangled tangled untangled Overview of verb tangle The verb tangle has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up drag, drag in -- (force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business") 2. ravel, tangle, knot -- (tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story") 3. tousle, dishevel, tangle -- (disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair") 4. entangle, tangle, mat, snarl -- (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord") Overview of adj tangled The adj tangled has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) tangled -- (in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes") 2. (2) Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous -- (highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months")
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