Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tangle
Participle: tangled
Gerund: tangling
Indicative
Present
| I | tangle |
| you | tangle |
| he;she;it | tangles |
| we | tangle |
| you | tangle |
| they | tangle |
Perfect
| I | have tangled |
| you | have tangled |
| he;she;it | has tangled |
| we | have tangled |
| you | have tangled |
| they | have tangled |
Past
| I | tangled |
| you | tangled |
| he;she;it | tangled |
| we | tangled |
| you | tangled |
| they | tangled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tangled |
| you | had tangled |
| he;she;it | had tangled |
| we | had tangled |
| you | had tangled |
| they | had tangled |
Future
| I | will tangle |
| you | will tangle |
| he;she;it | will tangle |
| we | will tangle |
| you | will tangle |
| they | will tangle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tangled |
| you | will have tangled |
| he;she;it | will have tangled |
| we | will have tangled |
| you | will have tangled |
| they | will have tangled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tangle |
| you | tangle |
| he;she;it | tangle |
| we | tangle |
| you | tangle |
| they | tangle |
Perfect
| I | have tangled |
| you | have tangled |
| he;she;it | have tangled |
| we | have tangled |
| you | have tangled |
| they | have tangled |
Imperfect
| I | tangled |
| you | tangled |
| he;she;it | tangled |
| we | tangled |
| you | tangled |
| they | tangled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tangled |
| you | had tangled |
| he;she;it | had tangled |
| we | had tangled |
| you | had tangled |
| they | had tangled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tangle |
| you | would tangle |
| he;she;it | would tangle |
| we | would tangle |
| you | would tangle |
| they | would tangle |
Perfect
| I | would have tangled |
| you | would have tangled |
| he;she;it | would have tangled |
| we | would have tangled |
| you | would have tangled |
| they | would have tangled |
Imperative
| you | tangle |
| we | Let's tangle |
| you | tangle |
Verbs conjugated like 'tangle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tangle'
angle,
bangle,
dangle,
fangle,
gangle,
jangle,
mangle,
rangle,
tingle,
twangle,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, nasalized variant of
tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scand. source (cf. dialectal Swed.
taggla "to disorder," O.N.
þongull "seaweed"). In ref. to material things, from 1506. Meaning "to fight with" is Amer.Eng., first recorded 1928. The noun is first recorded 1615, "a tangled condition."
Tanglefoot (1859) was Western Amer.Eng. slang for "strong whiskey."
2. From Middle English tanglen, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Swedish taggla (“to disorder”), Old Norse þǫngull, þang (“tangle; seaweed”), see Etymology 2 below. See: Swedish, all forms '
taggla'.
Verbs referencing "tangle"
French
tanguer.
Sample Sentences
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[...] away. The wheels were exposed and bare; and they whirled and dashed their spray about the decks at random. Chimney, white with crusted salt; topmasts struck; storm-sails set; rigging all knotted, tangled, wet, and drooping: a gloomier picture it would be hard to look upon.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] was as lithe as a cat, and as active as a monkey, and the confinement of sewing was her abomination; so she broke her needles, threw them slyly out of the window, or down in chinks of the walls; she tangled, broke, and dirtied her thread, or, with a sly movement, would throw a spool away altogether. Her motions were almost as quick as those of a practised conjurer, and her command of her face quite as [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)