Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tanglesome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tan-gle-some
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Quarrelsome.

British usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

From tangle + -some.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more tanglesome (comparative) most tanglesome (superlative)

Questions

What does tanglesome mean?
Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.
Where does tanglesome come from?
From tangle + -some.

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