Pronunciations
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/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/
Adjective
Mixed up, interlaced.
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tangled knot
Troubled, 'wilder'd, and forlorn, / Dark, benighted, travel-worn, / Over many a tangled spray, / All heart-broke I heard her say
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That like a mighty river onward streams / In multitudinous channels ruthlessly, / Past tangled isles and barriers of sand
Lost inside a world I never belonged / Thinking that I knew my right from my wrong / Tangled in confusion feeling my way / Living in a shadow all shades of gray
Intricate.
Usage- broadly
Adjective
in a confused mass
- Antonyms
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pushed back her tangled hair
the tangled ropes
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
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the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
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convoluted legal language
convoluted reasoning
the plot was too involved
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months