adjective
- full of tangles; twisted together in a confused mass
Usage: informal
Examples
- Her hair was all tangly after the windy boat ride.
- The fishing line became tangly in the tackle box.
- The yarn was so tangly that she couldn’t knit with it.
- After playing outside, the dog’s fur was tangly and full of burrs.
- The Christmas lights were stored in a tangly mess.
- She tried to brush through her tangly curls gently.