Synonyms for Tangles:

• n.

  •hindrances (noun)
  • encumbrances,
  • restrictions,
  • deterrents,
  • impediments,
  • drawbacks,
  • Inhibitions,
  • hindrances,
  • obstructions,
  • entanglements,
  • interruptions,
  • restraints,
  • oppositions,
  • cul-de-sacs,
  • constraints,
  • dampers,
  • obstacles,
  • Frustrations,
  • entrapments,
  • impasses,
  • stoppages,
  • barriers,
  • disadvantages,
  • hurdles,
  • blockades,
  • complications,
  • blockages.

• v.

  •complicates (verb)
  • confuses,
  • confounds,
  • involves,
  • perplexes,
  • mixes up.
  •hinders (verb)
  • opposes,
  • hamstrings,
  • constipates,
  • restrains,
  • impedes,
  • baffles,
  • plugs,
  • entangles,
  • bottlenecks,
  • interrupts,
  • cripples,
  • curbs,
  • dams,
  • inhibits,
  • deters,
  • hampers,
  • resists,
  • encumbers,
  • snags,
  • bungs,
  • frustrates,
  • stays,
  • clogs,
  • snarls,
  • bars,
  • Cramps,
  • thwarts,
  • stops,
  • fetters,
  • paralyzes,
  • counters,
  • fouls,
  • mires,
  • entraps,
  • hinders,
  • obstructs,
  • drags,
  • complicates,
  • restricts,
  • constrains,
  • handicaps,
  • catches,
  • blocks,
  • congests,
  • chokes,
  • brakes,
  • detains,
  • impairs,
  • Delays,
  • burdens,
  • checks,
  • crimps,
  • jams.

Paraphrases for Tangles:

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    battles, confrontations, Hostilities, firefights, scuffles, conflicts, encounters, shootouts, fights, skirmishes.

• Other Related

  • Noun, plural
    engagements, clashes.

Tangles Sentence Examples:

• These were the early tangles of our yarn.

• He had slept in the rain, very scantily fed, and he could picture the starving man limping along in an agony of pain and exhaustion, with an injured knee, over boulders and broken rock and through dense tangles of underbrush strewed with mighty fallen logs.