tangled
Americanadjective
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snarled, interlaced, or mixed up.
tangled thread.
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very complicated, intricate, or involved.
tangled bureaucratic procedures.
Etymology
Origin of tangled
Example Sentences
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She said those are both phrases she uses in her work and she got them tangled up while the camera was running.
From Los Angeles Times
Still I did not learn and I continued to challenge them, often causing the team to get tangled.
From Literature
At dawn, while we were moving amid tangled brush, I caught a glimpse of animals traveling.
From Literature
A box of drawing pins, an old stapler, a tangled mess of paperclips, a pencil sharpener.
From Literature
Brooke Day was using a chairlift at Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Otari, Nagano prefecture, when part of her backpack got tangled in the lift, leaving her suspended in midair.
From BBC
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