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What is the adjective for tangly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb tangle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

tangly
  1. Entangled; intricate.
  2. Covered with tangle, or seaweed.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. matted, unkempt, tousled, tangled, dishevelled, disheveled, uncombed, knotty, rumpled, entangled, knotted, snarled, dirty, disordered, entwined, ratty, twisted, intertwined, felted, kinky, untidy, slovenly, scruffy, shaggy, scraggly, ungroomed, bedraggled, ruffled, messy, daggy, mussed up, ravelled, raveled, frowzy, blowsy, mussed, coiled, straggly, wild, ragged, shabby, sloppy, draggletailed, sleazy, ill-clad, ill-groomed, blowzy, wrinkled, inappropriately dressed, slatternly … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He tucked his arms under his head, noticing with disgust his sticky, tangly hair, itchy with dried blood.”
      “She backed away from the group slowly, muffled sobs emerging from beneath the mass of tangly blond hair.”
      “The women in the audience, however, opted exclusively for one of two styles: hair worn long and tangly or bunched into a topknot.”
tanglesome
  1. tangled, entangled
  2. Examples:
      3. “It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, But only for kindness and care, That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, And comb out your tanglesome hair.”
tangleproof
  1. Resistant to tangling.
tanglier
  1. comparative form of tangly: more tangly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. knottier, dirtier, rattier, kinkier, more matted, more unkempt, more tousled, more dishevelled, more disheveled, more uncombed, more rumpled, more entangled, more knotted, more disordered, more twisted, more intertwined, untidier, slovenlier, scruffier, scragglier, shaggier, more bedraggled, messier, daggier, blowsier, frowzier, more coiled, stragglier, wilder, more ragged, shabbier, sloppier, more draggletailed, sleazier, more wrinkled, blowzier, more slatternly, more ill-groomed, more draggle-tailed, more enmeshed, more slapdash, more windblown, more windswept, more looped, tauter, tighter, more tied, more perplexed, more warped, more drawn … more
tangliest
  1. superlative form of tangly: most tangly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. knottiest, dirtiest, rattiest, kinkiest, most matted, most unkempt, most tousled, most dishevelled, most disheveled, most uncombed, most rumpled, most entangled, most knotted, most disordered, most twisted, most intertwined, untidiest, slovenliest, scruffiest, scraggliest, shaggiest, most bedraggled, messiest, daggiest, blowsiest, frowziest, most coiled, straggliest, wildest, shabbiest, sloppiest, most ragged, most draggletailed, sleaziest, most slatternly, most draggle-tailed, most ill-groomed, blowziest, most wrinkled, most enmeshed, most slapdash, most windblown, most windswept, tightest, most warped, hardest, most clenched, most gnarled, tautest, most tied … more
tangled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of tangle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. confused, complicated, confounded, convoluted, obfuscated, muddled, befuddled, clouded, discombobulated, distorted, garbled, muddied, obscured, blurred, jumbled, perplexed, twisted, beclouded, befogged, embroiled, raveled, ravelled, darkened, disoriented, entangled, intricated, made a mess of, made complex, made difficult, made more difficult, made unclear, muddied the waters, rendered uncertain, complexified, sophisticated, complexed, embarrassed, involved, upset, mixed up, snarled up, set hurdles, fuddled, fogged, bamboozled, stupefied, flummoxed, mystified, mired, thwarted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His installations, made of scrap objects and tied up with tangled roping, dominate the landscape.”
      “She smiled up at him, smoothing down the unruly cowlick that rested atop his mop of rakishly tangled brunette hair.”
      “Placing problems in a broader context can provide clues on the best path out of a tangled situation.”
tangling
  1. present participle of tangle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. entangling, knotting, snarling, coiling, matting, twisting, intertwisting, enmeshing, intertwining, interweaving, meshing, ravelling, raveling, entwining, interlacing, jumbling, immeshing, interlocking, kinking, muddling, scrambling, hooking, jamming, tousling, winding, braiding, lacing, knitting, weaving, plaiting, ensnarling, linking, inweaving, wreathing, enlacing, plying, twining, writhing, interlinking, implicating, connecting, intermingling, interconnecting, mixing, netting, intertangling, ensnaring, interwinding, joining, disheveling … more
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