untangled

Thân thiện

The child untangled the long kite string.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not tangled; free from knots, snarls, or complications: Describes something that is straight, smooth, orderly, or free from a state of being twisted together or confused.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After an hour of careful work, her hair was finally untangled and smooth.
  • The sailor presented a long, untangled rope ready for use.
  • With the legal issues resolved, the situation became much more untangled.

Advanced Usage

• "to remain untangled": to stay free from entanglement.
  • It's a challenge to keep these extension cords untangled.
• "to leave something untangled": to not cause something to become tangled.
  • Please try to leave the headphones untangled when you put them away.

Variants and Related Words

• Untangle (verb): To remove tangles from; to straighten out.
  • It took me forever to untangle the Christmas lights.
• Tangle (verb/noun): To twist together into a confused mass; a confused mass.
  • The wires were in a complete tangle.
• Disentangled (adjective): Synonym for untangled, often implying a previous state of being tangled.
  • The disentangled threads were laid out neatly.

Synonyms

• Straightened: Made straight.
• Unknotted: Freed from knots.
• Unsnarled: Freed from snarls or tangles.
• Orderly: Neat and organized.

Antonyms

• Tangled: Twisted together in a confused mass.
• Knotted: Tied in or full of knots.
• Snarled: Tangled or complicated.
• Matted: Formed into a thick, tangled mass.

Related Phrases

• "Get untangled": To free oneself from a tangled state or a complicated situation.
  • It took a while to get untangled from all the bureaucracy.
• "Keep it untangled": An instruction to maintain order and prevent tangling.
  • For the fishing trip, keep the line untangled.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. not tangled