noun
- twisted masses of threads, hair, or other materials that are difficult to separate
- complicated or confused situations
Usage: figurative
verb
- becomes twisted together in a confused mass
- causes to become twisted or knotted
- becomes involved in conflict or argument
Usage: figurative
Examples
- She spent an hour brushing the tangles out of her hair.
- The fishing line was full of tangles after the windy day.
- The legal tangles delayed the project for months.
- Her hair tangles easily in humid weather.
- The rope tangles around the post every time we use it.
- Don’t tangle the Christmas lights when you put them away.
- He doesn’t want to tangle with his boss over this issue.