Definition of Tangled

1. Adjective. In a confused mass. "The tangled ropes"


2. Adjective. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. "Tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
Exact synonyms: Byzantine, Convoluted, Involved, Knotty, Tortuous
Similar to: Complex
Derivative terms: Knottiness, Tortuousness

Definition of Tangled

1. Verb. (past of tangle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tangled

1. tangle [v] - See also: tangle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tangled

tangibles
tangibly
tangie
tangientially
tangier disease
tangies
tangiest
tanginess
tanginesses
tanging
tangis
tangle
tangle orchid
tangle with
tanglebush
tangled (current term)
tangled nest spider
tangled nest spiders
tangledly
tangledness
tanglefish
tanglefoot
tanglement
tanglements
tangleproof
tangler
tanglers
tangles
tanglesome
tanglier

Literary usage of Tangled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (1883)
"It had tangled me all up in a knot every ... We went , booming along, taking a good mam ; chances, for we were anxious to ' get 'A tangled KNOT. ..."

2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"He bent over the boy and contemplated him with kind and pitying interest, tapping the young cheek tenderly and smoothing back the tangled curls with his ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... covered on one side with sandstones and juniper-trees tangled together, while on the other side the ground, almost quite bare, slopes towards the hollow ..."

4. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew ! The wide-spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it, ..."

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