tangled

Adjective
Synonyms: Byzantineconvolutedinvolvedknottytortuous

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. in a confused mass“pushed back her tangled hair”“the tangled ropes”
  2. 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”Synonyms: Byzantineconvolutedinvolvedknottytortuous
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tangle \Tan"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tangling.] [A frequentative fr. tang seaweed; hence, to twist like seaweed. See Tang seaweed, and cf. Tangle, n.]

1.To unite or knit together confusedly; to interweave or interlock, as threads, so as to make it difficult to unravel the knot; to entangle; to ravel. [1913 Webster]

2.To involve; to insnare; to entrap; as, to be tangled in lies. "Tangled in amorous nets." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

When my simple weakness strays, Tangled in forbidden ways.— Crashaw.[1913 Webster]
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