tangled

English Thesaurus

1. in a confused mass (adj.all)

similar	:	afoul, foul, fouled,
definition	:	especially of a ship's lines etc (adj.all)

similar	:	enmeshed, intermeshed,
definition	:	caught as if in a mesh (adj.all)

similar	:	entangled,
definition	:	twisted together in a tangled mass (adj.all)

similar	:	knotty, snarled, snarly,
definition	:	tangled in knots or snarls (adj.all)

similar	:	matted,
definition	:	tangled in a dense mass (adj.all)

similar	:	rootbound,
definition	:	having the roots matted or densely tangled (adj.all)

similar	:	thrown, thrown and twisted,
definition	:	twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread (adj.all)

2. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

similar	:	complex,
definition	:	complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts (adj.all)

3. in a confused mass (adj.all)

antonym	:	untangled,
definition	:	not tangled (adj.all)

4. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

5. in a confused mass (adj.all)

antonym	:	untangled,
definition	:	not tangled (adj.all)

6. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)