"tangled" in the verb sense
1. embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
"They were swept up by the events"
"don't drag me into this business"
2. ravel, tangle, knot
tangle or complicate
"a ravelled story"
3. tousle, dishevel, tangle
disarrange or rumple dishevel
"The strong wind tousled my hair"
4. entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"
"tangled" in the adjective sense
1. tangled
in a confused mass
"pushed back her tangled hair"
"the tangled ropes"
2. Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"the Byzantine tax structure"
"Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"
"convoluted legal language"
"convoluted reasoning"
"the plot was too involved"
"a knotty problem"
"got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott
"tortuous legal procedures"
"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
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