unravelling
Meaning of unravelling
verb, gerund or present participle
- undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads).
- investigate and solve or explain (something complicated or puzzling).
they were attempting to unravel the cause of death
Information about unravelling
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of unravelling is: unravellings.
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Hyphenation of unravelling
un-rav-el-ling
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- unravelling is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
unravelling synonyms
Meaning free from a tangled or twisted state:
Meaning remove knots or tangles from (wool, rope, or hair):
Meaning disentangle:
Meaning release or untie the knot or knots in:
Meaning undo or be undone after winding or being wound:
Meaning open or cause to open from a twisted position:
Meaning unfasten, untie, or loosen (something):
Meaning undo or unfasten (something that is tied or tied up):
Meaning straighten or become straight:
Meaning find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery):
Meaning settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter):
Meaning make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts:
Meaning make (something) clear; explain:
Meaning understand (a difficult problem or an enigmatic person) after much thought:
Meaning convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language:
Meaning convert (a coded message) into intelligible language:
Meaning find a solution to; decipher or interpret:
Meaning succeed in understanding or gaining insight into (something complex or mysterious):
Meaning open or spread out from a folded position:
Meaning resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem):
Meaning make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others:
Meaning make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible:
unravelling antonyms
Meaning cause to become twisted together with or caught in:
Meaning twist together into a confused mass:
Meaning make (something) more complicated:
Words that rhyme with unravelling
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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