tangled
adjective
1. in a confused mass
- pushed back her tangled hair
- the tangled ropes
Similar word(s): afoul, foul, fouled, enmeshed, intermeshed, entangled, knotty, snarled, snarly, matted, rootbound, thrown
2. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- Oh, what a tangled web we weave
Similar word(s): complex, byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of tangle