snarled — adjective tangled in knots or snarls a mass of knotted string snarled thread • Syn: ↑knotty, ↑snarly • Similar to: ↑tangled • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
snarly — adjective tangled in knots or snarls a mass of knotted string snarled thread • Syn: ↑knotty, ↑snarled • Similar to: ↑tangled • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
afoulpostnominal foul fouled — entangled entangled adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
entangled — adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved especially in something … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intertwined — entangled entangled adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
matted — entangled entangled adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rootbound — entangled entangled adj. 1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with {untangled}. [Narrower terms: {afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled}; {knotted, snarled, snarly}; {matted}; {rootbound}; {intertwined}] Syn: tangled. [WordNet 1.5] 2. deeply involved… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snarl — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to trap, entangle, probably frequentative of snaren to snare Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to cause to become knotted and intertwined ; tangle 2. to make excessively complicated intransitive verb to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
