disentangled
Got completely loose
Disentangled means freed from tangles, knots, or confusion.
Hair gets disentangled with a comb; a mystery gets disentangled through investigation.
The word suggests patient unraveling of something complex: It took months to disentangle the company's finances.
To be disentangled from something is to be separated or extricated from it: She finally disentangled herself from the relationship.
Came undone or solved
- unsnarledFreed from tangles
- untiedReleased from binding
- untwistedMade no longer helical
- unknottedFreed from a tangle
unwoven · combed · detangled · unbraided · unlaced · uncoiled · straightened · smoothed
Released from entanglement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unshackledReleased from restraints
- unboundNot tied down
unfettered · loosened · escaped · extracted · removed · rescued · detached · disengaged
Came undone or solved
- sortedPut in order
- decipheredConverted from code
- decodedConverted from cipher
- parsedAnalyzed sentence structure
unpacked · demystified · elucidated · explicated · analyzed · distinguished · differentiated · deconstructed
Severed a linkage
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- disjoinedSeparated at joints
- unlinkedNot joined together
- detachedApart or uninvolved
dissociated · isolated · segregated · extricated · partitioned · unbundled · disengaged · differentiated
unraveled
Came undone or solved
unknotted · unwoven · combed · detangled · unbraided · unlaced · uncoiled · straightened · smoothed · teased out
extricated
Released from entanglement
- releasedSet free from confinement
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- unshackledReleased from restraints
unbound · unfettered · loosened · escaped · extracted · removed · rescued · detached · disengaged · cleared
unraveled
Came undone or solved
- sortedPut in order
- decipheredConverted from code
- decodedConverted from cipher
parsed · unpacked · demystified · elucidated · explicated · analyzed · distinguished · differentiated · deconstructed · broken down
decoupled
Severed a linkage
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- disjoinedSeparated at joints
- unlinkedNot joined together
detached · dissociated · isolated · segregated · extricated · partitioned · unbundled · disengaged · differentiated · independent
disentangledentangled
Twisted together inseparably
confused · complicated · muddled · tangled · convoluted
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