tanglesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.

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Meanings

adjectivetanglesome (comparative more tanglesome, superlative most tanglesome)

comparative more tanglesome · superlative most tanglesome

  1. Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.

    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.

    1850, Edward Livermore, Phebe, The Blackberry Girl
  2. UKdialectalQuarrelsome.

Origin

From tangle + -some.

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Cite this entry
APA

tanglesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanglesome

MLA

“tanglesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanglesome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tanglesome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanglesome.

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