tangle
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
they carved their way through the tangle of vines
Types & categories
- natural object hypernym
- hairball hyponym
- shag hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
They were swept up by the events
Types & categories
- involve hypernym
Related & opposite
- imbroglio derivation
Sense 3 noun
something jumbled or confused
a tangle of government regulations
Types & categories
- perplexity hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
tangle or complicate
a ravelled story
Types & categories
- lace hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
disarrange or rumple; dishevel
The strong wind tousled my hair
Types & categories
- disarrange hypernym
Related & opposite
- tangle derivation
Sense 6 verb
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
The child entangled the cord
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tousle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hairball |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shag |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbroglio |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | involve |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarl up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarled |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | perplexity |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | unravel |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | ravel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | maze |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ravel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gnarl |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lace |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarrange |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | unsnarl |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | maze |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | felt |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | enmesh |