tangled
adjective/ˈtæŋɡld/
/ˈtæŋɡld/
- twisted together in an untidy way
- tangled hair/bed clothes
Extra Examples- My legs got hopelessly tangled in the rope.
- Her hair was a tangled mass of damp curls.
- They had to fight their way through the tangled undergrowth.
- Three people were cut from the tangled wreckage of the train.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- hopelessly
- all
- up
- …
- in
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- complicated, and not easy to understand
- tangled financial affairs
Extra Examples- Diplomacy can be such a tangled web.
- He spent the next few days wrestling with very tangled emotions.
- The series involves the tangled relationships of two London families.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- get
- …
- hopelessly
- all
- up
- …
- in
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