English-Dutch translations for tangle

• compliceren
• in de war brengen
• rommel
• verstrikken
• verwarren
• verwikkeling
• wirwar
  Verstandige oplossingen raken steeds weer verstrikt in de wirwar van instellingen. Sensible solutions keep getting tangled up in the institutional undergrowth.
  Wat ik ter sprake wil brengen is de wirwar van problemen rond openbare instellingen. Something I wish to address is the tangle of problems relating to public institutions.
  Ze is verstrikt geraakt in de bureaucratische wirwar en de bevoegdheidsconflicten bij de Commissie. It has become tangled up in the Commission's bureaucratic jungle and in its bickering over who is responsible for what.

Definition of tangle

• to become mixed together or intertwined
• to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• to mix together or intertwine
• A tangled twisted mass
• An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
• A form of art which consists of sections filled with repetitive patterns
• Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of ''Laminaria''
• An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea

Examples

• Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind
• Dont tangle with someone three times your size
• He tangled with the law
• I tried to sort through this tangle and got nowhere

Related words

• rectangle
• entangle
• untangle
• entanglement
• detangle
• tangled
• disentangle
• rectangles
• entangled