Synonyms: tangled
Definition: in a confused mass
Usage: pushed back her tangled hair; the tangled ropes
Similar words: afoul, foul, fouled
Definition: especially of a ship's lines etc
Usage: with its sails afoul; a foul anchor
Similar words: enmeshed, intermeshed
Definition: caught as if in a mesh
Usage: enmeshed in financial difficulties
Similar words: entangled
Definition: twisted together in a tangled mass
Usage: toiled through entangled growths of mesquite
Similar words: knotty, snarled, snarly
Definition: tangled in knots or snarls
Usage: a mass of knotted string; snarled thread
Similar words: matted
Definition: tangled in a dense mass
Usage: tried to push through the matted undergrowth
Similar words: rootbound
Definition: having the roots matted or densely tangled
Usage: shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs- William Faulkner
Similar words: thrown, thrown and twisted
Definition: twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread
Usage: thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn
Synonyms: convoluted, Byzantine, involved, knotty, tortuous, tangled
Definition: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Usage: 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
Similar words: complex
Definition: complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
Usage: a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody; a complex mass of diverse laws and customs