tangled

tangled
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Xem thêm: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous, snarl, maze, embroil, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in, ravel, knot, tousle, dishevel, entangle, mat, snarl



tangled

Từ điển Collocation

tangled adj.

VERBS be, look | become, get

ADV. hopelessly | all My hair had got all tangled. | a bit Your hair looks a bit tangled. | up

PREP. in My legs got hopelessly tangled in the rope.


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • in a confused mass

    pushed back her tangled hair

    the tangled ropes

  • highly complex or intricate; Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous

    the Byzantine tax structure

    convoluted legal language

    convoluted reasoning

    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

    n.

  • a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven

    they carved their way through the tangle of vines

  • something jumbled or confused; snarl, maze

    a tangle of government regulations

    v.

  • force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; embroil, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in

    They were swept up by the events

    don't drag me into this business

  • tangle or complicate; ravel, knot

    a ravelled story

  • disarrange or rumple; dishevel; tousle, dishevel

    The strong wind tousled my hair

  • twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; entangle, mat, snarl

    The child entangled the cord


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

tangles|tangled|tangling
syn.: complicate confuse involve knot mess snarl twist

ant.: disentangle