tangle

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
  2. noun something jumbled or confused
  3. verb force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Etymology

From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below.

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