Something that's unraveled has been completely undone, whether it's a spool of thread, some knotty shoelaces, or your mental state after a long and frustrating day. You can also unravel a mystery by …

His frequent absences from home caused his marriage to unravel. I feel like my life is unraveling.

Synonyms for UNRAVELING: fraying, disentangling, untwisting, undoing, untangling, smoothing, unweaving, unbraiding; Antonyms of UNRAVELING: entangling, snarling, tangling, tying, winding, …

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