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tangle

/ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l/
tangle
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

tan - gle -> tangle

Myanmar meaning

(v.t) ရှုပ်ထွေးရစ်နှောင်သည်။ကျော့ကွင်းထောင်သည်။(n) ရှုပ်ထွေးခြင်း။

Full entry

tangle /'tæŋgl/ n [C]

၁။ အရှုပ်အထွေး။ brush the tangles out of a dog's fur ❍ a tangle of branches ❍ The wool got in a dreadful tangle.
၂။ အရှုပ်အထွေး။ သပွတ်အူ။ I got into a tangle trying to follow the instructions. ❍ His financial affairs are in a complete tangle.
၃။ (infml ) စကားများခြင်း။ ထွေးလားလုံးလားဖြစ်ခြင်း။ They got into a tangle about politics and started shouting at each other.
v ~ (sth) (up) (usu passive) ငြိသည်။ လိမ်ယှက်သည်။ Don't let those ropes get tangled up. ❍ I have the sort of hair that tangles easily.
❏ tangle with sb/sth [PHRV ] ရန်ဖြစ်သည်။ I shouldn't tangle with Peter—he's bigger than you.
❏ tangled adj သပွတ်အူလိုက်နေသော။ ရှုပ်ထွေးနေသော။ a tangled affair ❍ tangled hair/wire/undergrowth.

More examples
  • Her hair had got into a hopeless tangle.
  • A tangle of narrow streets
  • [in a tangle] : Our financial affairs are in a complete tangle.
Synonyms
knot, interweave, intertwine, twist, snarl, confuse, mesh, kink, jam, mat, catch, coil, come up against, complicate, complication, confront, confusion, derange, difficulty, discompose, disorder, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entanglement, entrap, entwine, face, foul up, hamper, hook, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, involve, jumble, jungle, labyrinth, make a party to, mass, maze, mess, mess up, mess with, mix up, mix-up, morass, muck up, muddle, obstruct, oppose, perplex, ravel, rummage, skein, snag, snare, square up, tie up, tousle, trap, unbalance, upset, web, welter, wind
Antonyms
aid, assist, avoid, calm, clarify, clear, clear up, compose, enlighten, exclude, explain, free, help, let go, liberate, line, lose, order, organization, peace, promote, release, simplicity, straighten, support, uncomplicate, undo, untangle, untwist
Cross references
knotinterweaveintertwinetwistsnarlconfusemeshkinkjammatcatchcoilcome up againstcomplicatecomplicationconfrontconfusionderangedifficultydiscomposedisorderdisorganizedrag intoembroilenmeshensnareentangleentanglement
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