| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, confusion |
Synonyms: |
coil, complication, entanglement, jam, jungle, labyrinth, mass, mat, maze, mesh, mess, mix-up, morass, muddle, rummage, skein, snag, snarl, twist, web |
Antonyms: |
line, order, peace |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knot, complicate |
Synonyms: |
catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up, muck up, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset |
Antonyms: |
straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist |
| Main Entry: | backlash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adverse reaction |
Synonyms: |
backfire, boomerang, counteraction, kickback, reaction, recoil, repercussion, resentment, resistance, response, retaliation, retroaction, tangle |
| Main Entry: | complicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, make difficult |
Synonyms: |
add fuel to fire, bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, infold, interfuse, interrelate, interweave, involve, jumble, make intricate, make waves, mix up, muck up, muddle, multiply, obscure, open can of worms, perplex, ravel, render unintelligible, screw up, snafu, snag, snarl up, tangle, twist, upset |
Antonyms: |
disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle |
| Main Entry: | conflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be at odds |
Synonyms: |
brawl, bump heads with, clash, collide, combat, contend, contest, contrast, cross swords with, differ, disaccord, disagree, discord, disharmonize, disturb, fight, interfere, jar, lock horns with, mismatch, oppose, romp, run against tide, scrap, slug, square off with, strive, struggle, tangle, vary |
Antonyms: |
agree, be calm, harmonize |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up; involve |
Synonyms: |
bedlamize, blend, clutter, confound, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discreate, disorder, disorganize, embroil, encumber, entangle, intermingle, involve, jumble, litter, mess up*, mingle, mistake, muddle, muss up, rumple, snarl up, tangle, tousle, tumble |
Antonyms: |
order, organize, separate |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
Synonyms: |
abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
Antonyms: |
calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, challenge |
Synonyms: |
blast, call in question, debate, dispute, doubt, give it one's all, go for it, go for jugular, jockey for position, jump on, litigate, mix it up with, object to, oppose, push, question, scramble for, shoot for, stand up for, tangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, allow, give up, resign |
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
Synonyms: |
battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
| Main Entry: | disarray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder, confusion, mess |
Synonyms: |
anarchy, ataxia, chaos, clutter, disarrangement, discomposure, disharmony, dishevelment, disorganization, holy mess, indiscipline, jumble, muddle, shambles, snarl, tangle, topsy-turviness, unholy mess, unruliness, untidiness, upset |
Antonyms: |
arrangement, harmony, order, orderliness, organization |