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Meaning of disentangling
The primary meaning of "disentangling" refers to the act of carefully separating something, such as threads, ideas, or problems, that are tangled or intertwined.
Etymology of disentangling
The word "disentangling" originates from the Old French word "desentangler", which is a combination of "des-" (meaning "out" or "away from") and "entangler" (meaning "to tangle" or "to snare")
Historically, the word has been used to describe the act of freeing oneself or something from a physical or metaphorical entanglement
Synonyms
unraveling
untangling
freeing
liberating
releasing
loosening
unscrambling
clarifying
simplifying
explaining
interpreting
solving
resolving
straightening
smoothing
ironing
unwinding
uncoiling
untying
unknotting
unbinding
unshackling
emancipating
extricating
disengaging
detangling
unmeshing
unsnarling
unbundling
Definitions
- To carefully separate something that is tangled or intertwined
- * To clarify or simplify a complex situation or idea
- * To free something or someone from a constraint or obstacle
Usage Examples
- The researcher spent months disentangling the complex data to identify the underlying patterns
- * It took her a while to disentangle her hair after the windy day
- * The team worked together to disentangle the conflicting ideas and come up with a cohesive plan
Antonyms
entangling
tangling
knotting
binding
tying
snaring
trapping
confounding
complicating
obscuring
confusing
perplexing
puzzling
enmeshing
intertwining
intertwisting
snarling
matting
raveling