disentangled

Thân thiện

The child disentangled the kite string from the tree branch.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Freed from entanglement or complication: Describes something that has been untangled, unraveled, or resolved from a state of being twisted, knotted, or confused.
   • Made clear or straightened out: Refers to a situation, problem, or line of thought that has been clarified, simplified, or resolved from a state of complexity or disorder.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After hours of work, the disentangled fishing lines were neatly coiled. (The lines were no longer knotted together.)
  • With the new evidence, the once-confusing case became a disentangled narrative. (The story of the case became clear and logical.)
  • She felt a sense of relief with her now disentangled thoughts. (Her thoughts were organized and free from confusion.)

Advanced Usage

• "to become disentangled": to free itself or become free from entanglement.
  • The kite string slowly became disentangled from the tree branch.
• "a disentangled account": a clear, straightforward explanation of events.
  • The witness finally provided a disentangled account of what happened.

Variants and Related Words

• Disentangle (verb): to free something from entanglement; to unravel or clarify.
  • It took patience to disentangle the necklace chain.
• Disentanglement (noun): the act or process of disentangling.
  • The disentanglement of the legal issues took months.

Synonyms

• Untangled: freed from knots or complications.
• Unraveled: solved or straightened out, especially a mystery or tangle.
• Resolved: settled or found a solution to.
• Clarified: made clear or understandable.

Antonyms

• Entangled: twisted together or involved in a complicated situation.
• Tangled: in a confused mass or state.
• Knotted: tied in or full of knots.
• Confused: lacking order or clarity.

Related Phrases

• "to disentangle oneself from": to extricate or free oneself from a difficult, restrictive, or complicated situation.
  • He sought to disentangle himself from the burdensome contract.
• "disentangle fact from fiction": to separate truth from falsehood or embellishment.
  • The historian's job was to disentangle fact from fiction in the ancient legend.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. straightened out

Từ đồng nghĩa

• loosened
• unsnarled