tanglementn.
/ˈtaŋɡ(ə)lmənt/ The fact or condition of being tangled; an instance of this; a tangle.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > and confusion
tanglement1831
ravelment1833
muddlement1857
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun]
implicationc1430
implicamentc1450
imployment1598
implicity1602
tangle1615
illigation1656
perplexity1664
entanglement1687
intertwisting1753
intertanglement1817
tanglement1831
ravelment1833
bewilderment1844
intertwist1870
betanglement1881
1831 J. Wilson Unimore ii. 199 All matted thick with briery tanglement Like Indian Jungle.
1879 J. Morison in Expositor IX. 122 A little tanglement of phraseology.
1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 6 Aug. 508/2 We lay utterly helpless amidst this tanglement of weeds.
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