disentangle

disentangle is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 17 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To free from entanglement; to release from a condition of being intricately and confusedly involved or interlaced; to reduce to orderly arrangement; to straighten out; as, to disentangle a skein of yarn.
2. transitive verb. To extricate from complication and perplexity; disengage from embarrassing connection or intermixture; to disembroil; to set free; to separate.
3. verb. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

   "comb your hair before dinner"

   "comb the wool"

   Synonyms: comb

4. verb. extricate from entanglement

   "Can you disentangle the cord?"

   Synonyms: unsnarl

5. verb. separate the tangles of

   Synonyms: unwind

6. verb. release from entanglement of difficulty

   "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

   Synonyms: disencumber, extricate, untangle

7. verb. free from involvement or entanglement

   "How can I disentangle myself from her personal affairs?"

   Synonyms: disembroil, disinvolve

Synonyms

comb, unsnarl, unwind, disencumber, extricate, untangle, disembroil, disinvolve

Common word forms

disentangled, disentangler, disentangles, disentangling, disentanglement

Words from these letters

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