tangled
Twisted into confusion
Tangled describes something twisted together in a confused mass—hair, cords, fishing line, Christmas lights.
The word extends naturally to complicated situations: a tangled web of lies, tangled emotions, getting tangled up in legal problems.
To tangle with someone is to get into a fight or argument: I wouldn't tangle with her if I were you.
Tied with loops
- snarledGrowled or knotted
- mattedTangled into clumps
- gnarledTwisted and knotty
- twistedWound around itself
kinks · snags · knots · rope · cord · yarn · twine · shoelace
Twisted together, connected
- interwovenLaced through one another
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
- wovenInterlaced on loom
- braidedInterlaced into rope-like form
coiled · wrapped · vines · roots · branches · tendrils · undergrowth · brambles
Having many interconnected parts
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- knottyComplex and difficult
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
labyrinthine · Byzantine · tortuous · muddled · confused · web · maze · morass
knotted
Tied with loops
twisted · kinks · snags · knots · rope · cord · yarn · twine · shoelace · fishing line
intertwined
Twisted together, connected
- interwovenLaced through one another
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
- wovenInterlaced on loom
braided · coiled · wrapped · vines · roots · branches · tendrils · undergrowth · brambles · thicket
complex
Having many interconnected parts
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- knottyComplex and difficult
thorny · labyrinthine · Byzantine · tortuous · muddled · confused · web · maze · morass · quagmire
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
bedraggled · windswept · ratty · scraggly · mussy · frowzy · hair · locks · mane · curls
caught
Seized or grabbed
stuck · mired · embroiled · enmeshed · implicated · net · snare · web · dispute · controversy
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- disorderedchaotic, disorganized, disordered, jumbled, messy
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- overgrownovergrown, weedy, wild, unkempt, neglected
- fur texturessilky, fluffy, coarse, wiry, curly
tangleduntangled
Separated what was knotted
straight · disentangled · unsnarled · unknotted · smooth
tangledstraightforward
Clear and uncomplicated
simple · clear · uncomplicated · plain · obvious
tangledorganized
Systematically arranged
ordered · neat · tidy · systematic · structured
- tangled webComplex network of deceit
- in a tangle
- tangled up
- tangled sheets
- tangled line
- tangled brush
tangle, untangle, tangles, entangle, entangled, tangling, disentangle, entanglement, untangled