tangly
Full of knots
Tangly describes something full of tangles or prone to tangling.
Hair can be tangly after swimming or sleeping.
Cords and cables get tangly in drawers.
Vines grow tangly along fences.
The word is informal and slightly playful, more common in speech than writing: Her tangly hair needed brushing.
Secured loops in rope
cordage · macrame · braided · coiled · looped · lacing · splicing · meshed
Lacking order or neatness
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- tousledDisordered, especially hair
- windsweptExposed to strong winds
- bedheadMussed morning coiffure
snarled · wild · frizzy · unruly · scraggly · shaggy · uncombed · mussed
Climbing, trailing plants
- ivyEvergreen climbing plant
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
- intertwinedTwisted together, connected
- interlacedWoven together crosswise
woven · weave · plaited · enmeshed · webbed · interwoven · sinuous · creepers
knots
Secured loops in rope
rope · cordage · macrame · braided · coiled · looped · lacing · splicing · meshed · tied
messy
Lacking order or neatness
bedhead · snarled · wild · frizzy · unruly · scraggly · shaggy · uncombed · mussed · frazzled
vines
Climbing, trailing plants
- ivyEvergreen climbing plant
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
- intertwinedTwisted together, connected
interlaced · woven · weave · plaited · enmeshed · webbed · interwoven · sinuous · creepers · brambles
snagged
Caught or obtained
impediment · hindrance · snag · catching · grabbing · hooking · snagging · briars · thorns · burrs
tanglystraightforward
Clear and uncomplicated
clear · simple · uncomplicated · organized · navigable
- tangled webComplex network of deceit
- in a tangle
- tangled up
- tangled sheets
- tangled line
- tangled brush
tangle, tangled, untangle, tangles, entangle, entangled, tangling, disentangle, entanglement