tangles
Hair's knotted clumps
Tangles are twisted, intertwined masses—of hair, string, wires, or branches.
The verb means to twist together or become snarled: My headphones always tangle in my pocket.
Figuratively, a tangle is a confused situation or dispute: a legal tangle, a tangle of competing interests.
To tangle with someone is to clash or fight with them.
Interwoven filament structure
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
- mazePuzzle of passages
- networkInterconnected system
- intricaciesComplex inner workings
complications · knots · snarls · convolutions · thicket · morass · quagmire · bureaucracy
Disorderly, troublesome condition
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- snarlHostile vocal threat
- knotTied rope fastening
- clutterUntidy collection of items
disarray · muddle · scramble · chaos · web · snag · maze · confusion
Climbing, trailing plants
- braidsInterwoven hair sections
- intertwineTwist together mutually
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
- interlaceWeave elements together
coil · spiral · wrap · enmesh · interweave · plait · twine · lace
web
Interwoven filament structure
intricacies · complications · knots · snarls · convolutions · thicket · morass · quagmire · bureaucracy · legal
snarled
Growled or knotted
twisted · enmeshed · clumped · ratted · felted · tufted · snagged · nappy · woolly · shaggy
mess
Disorderly, troublesome condition
clutter · disarray · muddle · scramble · chaos · web · snag · maze · confusion · complication
vines
Climbing, trailing plants
- braidsInterwoven hair sections
- intertwineTwist together mutually
- weaveInterlace strands into fabric
interlace · coil · spiral · wrap · enmesh · interweave · plait · twine · lace · tendrils
backlash
Strong negative reaction
line · monofilament · reel · cast · snag · knot · leader · baitcaster · spinning
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
scuffle · clash · skirmish · spat · confrontation · brawl · fight · row · tussle · disagreement
- hair issuesdandruff, split ends, hair loss, frizz, dry hair
- messy hairbedhead, rat's nest, knotted hair, frizzy hair, matted hair
- hair problemsbreakage, split ends, frizz, dryness, damage
- Proteinopathiesamyloid, prions, Alzheimer's disease, amyloidosis, Parkinson's disease
- hair brushingbristles, brush, comb, detangler, knots
- things that tangleknots, cords, cables, wires, hair
tanglesstraightens
Makes not crooked
untangles · unravels · disentangles · smooths · unknots
tanglesclarifies
Makes more understandable
simplifies · untangles · sorts out · resolves · streamlines
- tangled webComplex network of deceit
- in a tangle
- tangled up
- tangled sheets
- tangled line
- tangled brush
tangle, tangled, untangle, entangle, entangled, tangling, entanglement, untangled, untangling