tangled
adjective
Origin of tangled
tangle
1verb (used with object), tan·gled, tan·gling.
verb (used without object), tan·gled, tan·gling.
noun
Origin of tangle
1Synonyms for tangle
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chaotic, knotted, muddled, twisted, trapped, intricate, involved, complicated, confused, disordered, difficultExamples from the Web for tangled
Contemporary Examples of tangled
The relationships, and motivations of their chief participants, are as tangled and shady as you expect of the super-rich.
He acquired $1 billion worth of art and tangled scandalously with the authorities.
The drain clogs in the shower every few days, and the clump of tangled brown hair is springy between my fingers.
Palmer is, of course, just as tangled up, as human, as everybody else--and he knows it.
What astonishment that such beauty urges me into bed for a nightlong sweaty roll in tangled sheets.
Historical Examples of tangled
"Aaron Goldschmidt," he whispered, as we descended into a dry, tangled swamp.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
The last I saw of the trenches was the tangled line on Fusilier Bluff.
With Manchesters in the EastGerald B. Hurst
If he hadn't been tangled up in his cod line, so we could haul him up by that, he'd have been down yet.
Cape Cod StoriesJoseph C. Lincoln
It is unnecessary to repeat the whole of the long and tangled conversation that ensued.
Cap'n EriJoseph Crosby Lincoln
My life has been one long error, and the threads of my fate have been tangled.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine