Reverse Dictionary: TANGLE

ADJECTIVES
► BALTERED tangled, clogged, matted together → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CROWFOOTED tangled → 1935 Amer. dial.
► KANGLED tangled → 1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NATTLED knotted, tangled → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PRETZELED ► PRETZELLED twisted, contorted, tangled → 1938 orig. & chiefly US
► QUIRLICHIE curly, twisted, tangled → 1928 Sc.
► RAVELLED tangled, confused, muddled, in difficulties → 1721 Sc.
► SNAGGLY tousled, tangled → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAFFLED tangled, rumpled, disordered → 1866 obs. (Bk.)
► TANGLESOME tangled, confused → 1888
► TANGLY tousled, tangled, entangled → 19C Eng. dial.
► TATTY tangled, matted, rough, unkempt, shaggy, ragged; untidy and in poor condition → 1817 Sc. & Eng. dial. & colloq.
► TAZZLED tangled, fuzzy, twisted, knotted → 19C Eng. dial.
► TAZZY fuzzy, tangled, knotted → 19C Eng. dial.
► TOUSLEDY tousled, tangled → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TOUSY tousled, tangled → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► ATWIST twisted, awry, tangled → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FRIMPLE-FRAMPLE in a confused, tangled manner; promiscuously → 19C Sc.

NOUNS
► BALTER a tangle; a lump → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEE’S WISP a tangled mass → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BETANGLEMENT tangled condition → 1881
► BOBSNARL a tangle → 1873 Eng. dial.
► BRANGLE a tangle; a confused crowd → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CAFFLE a tangle → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CANGLE ► KANGLE a tangle → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► COT a confused, entangled mass; a tangle; in some districts applied to seaweeds that accumulate in pools, etc. → 1851
► FANK a coil of rope, a noose; a tangle, e.g. of thread → 1826 Sc.
► FANKLE a tangle, a muddle; an entanglement; a predicament → 1818 Sc.
► FAZLE a tangle → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAZLEMENT a tangle → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FELTER a knot, a tangle, a tangled mass → 1879 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GLAUM ► GLOM a snarl, a tangle; a confused mass → 1923 Amer. dial.
► HABBLE a difficulty, a state of muddle or perplexity; a quandary; a tangle → 1797 Sc.
► HAFFICK tangle, confusion, rubbish, litter → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HAGGLE a botch, a bungle, a tangle → 1929 Sc.
► HANKLE a tangle, twist → 19C Eng. dial.
► HARL a tangle, a knot; a confusion; mental confusion → a1697 Eng dial.
► HATTER a jumble, a confused crowd; a knot or tangle → 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► INVOLUTION something complicated; an intricate movement, a tangle → E17
► MUCK a snarl, a tangle → 1950 Amer. dial.
► PUCKERSNATCH a difficult, complicated, or muddled situation; an agitated state; something tangled, bungled or confused → 1930 Amer. dial.
► QUIRL a tangle → 1787 Amer.
► RABBLE a tangle → 19C Eng  dial.
► RAFFLE a tangle → 19C Eng. dial.
► RAT’S NEST a disordered mess; a tangle, esp. of hair → 1850
► RAVEL a muddle, tangle, confusion → 1891 Sc.
► RAVELMENT a confusion, tangle → 1833 Sc.
► SCRAWL a tangle; an entanglement → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCROBBLE a tangle, a ravel → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SNAGGLE a tangle or snarl → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TAFFLE anything tangled or confused; a tangle → 1889 Eng. dial.
► TAIGLE a tangle, a muddle; tangled fishing line → 1925 Sc.
► TANGLEMENT a tangle; a knot → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TARDLE a tangled mass, a tangle ..1898 Eng. dial.
► TATHER a tangle; a complicated state of things → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAZZ a tangle; esp. used of a rough head of hair; a heap of knots and loose ends → 1880 Eng. dial.
► TAZZLE a tangle; a state of disorder; esp. used of the hair → 1893 Eng. dial.
► TETHER a tangle, as of weeds → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THREAD-THRUM a tangle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THRUM a tangle, a mess; a tangled mass of anything; an untidy piece of dress, etc. → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► THRUMMOCK a tangle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TWINE a tangle, a knot, a snarl → 1865
► WITCHES’ BRIDLE a tangle; a tangle in a horse’s mane → 1977 Amer. dial.
► WITCH STIRRUP a tangle; a tangle in a horse’s mane → 1880 Amer. dial.
► WOPSE a wad, a tangle → 1902 Amer. dial.
► WUDGET a tangle, a snarl → 1891 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BALTER to form tangled knots or clots; to stick together by coagulation → 1601 obs.
► COT to tangle, to mat together → 1876 Eng. dial.
► FANGLE to tangle, to ravel, to mix up → 1826 Sc.
► FANKLE to tangle; to entangle → c1450 Sc.
► FARZLE ► FAZLE ► VAZZLE to tangle, to twist → 1874 Eng. dial.
► FELTER to tangle hair, etc.; to mat together → 1400 obs.
► GLAUM to tangle → 1923 Amer. dial.
► GLOM to tangle up, to make a hash of, to mess → 1927 Amer. dial.
► HABBLE to tangle thread, etc. → 1923 Sc.
► MOMBLE to jumble together; to ravel, to tangle; to wrinkle, to crumple; to crumble; to mess; to bungle; to do anything in a clumsy way → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIRL to involve in a tangle → 1830 Amer.
► SNANGLE to snarl, to tangle → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SNURL UP to become tangled → 1999 Amer. dial.
► TAGGLE to tangle → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAIGLE to tangle, to confuse, to entangle, to muddle → 1898 Sc.
► TWIST to get into a tangled or confused state; to confuse, to confound → 1864
► WAFFLE to tangle, to ravel, to put into confusion → 1908 Sc.
► WOPSE to tangle, to mess up; to wrap untidily in something → 1823 Amer. dial.