"tangled" meaning in English

See tangled in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-tangled.wav [US] Forms: more tangled [comparative], most tangled [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəld Head templates: {{en-adj}} tangled (comparative more tangled, superlative most tangled)
  1. Mixed up, interlaced.
    Sense id: en-tangled-en-adj-AdnV6ogg Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 3 38
  2. (by extension) Intricate. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-tangled-en-adj-pfWbe~sF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tangled nest spider, tangled web, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive, what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive

Verb

IPA: /ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-tangled.wav [US]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəld Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tangled
  1. simple past and past participle of tangle Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: tangle
    Sense id: en-tangled-en-verb-XKmA66~W

Download JSON data for tangled meaning in English (2.9kB)

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