INTERTWISTED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

intertwisted

verb

past tense of intertwist

as in twisted

to cause to twine about one another intertwisted the fibers to form a design

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as in knotted

to twist together into a usually confused mass the tree's intertwisted roots seemed to extend forever

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The road was slick after showers and slid out and twisted like a long black tongue.

— Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
Because there’s not even a morsel of darkness in Verity’s star persona, neither Lowen nor Jeremy know how twisted the real woman is.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of twisted

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In knitting, loops from the middle of an entangled yarn are slipped through one another so the yarn holds its position but isn’t knotted together.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
There weren’t many in Saturday’s lockdown defensive effort, but Grade-A scoring opportunities still emerged, the most dangerous arriving midway through the final period, with the score knotted 1-1.

— Janson Duench, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of knotted

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Besides the challenge of rebuilding the tunnel, the railroad has been tangled for several years in legal disputes with the city of Fort Bragg and the California Coastal Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
But ordinary matter, which interacts using all four fundamental forces, would get all tangled up.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of tangled

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These species, separated by land and sea, are far more intertwined than once thought.

— Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
With the festival’s first weekend coinciding with the Brazilian presidential elections, almost every conversation overheard at RioMarket during the event’s early days was intertwined with politics.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of intertwined

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Oaksmith, the whisky Suntory blended for the Indian market and launched in 2019, has been gaining market share, while Jim Beam is enjoying double-digit growth in India.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Each botanical is distilled separately before being blended together, a production technique that master distiller Steve Wilson has said was inspired by perfume (the design of the bottle follows suit).

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026

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