RAVELED (OUT) Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

raveled (out)

verb

variants or ravelled (out)

past tense of ravel (out)

as in unraveled

to separate the various strands of since the sweater is too small, you could ravel the yarn out and make something else with it

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unraveled

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Rice said when Perera was released from the hospital, the working relationship unraveled as well as the romantic one.

— Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
After his mother’s death in 1990, Cooper’s relationship with his father unraveled, and he was soon drawn to the music he’d been taught to avoid.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 8 Oct. 2026

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