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tangled

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tan·gled  (tnggld)
adj.
Complicated and difficult to unravel. See Synonyms at complex.
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Adj.1.tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"
untangled - not tangled
2.tangled - 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"
tortuous, convoluted, Byzantine, knotty, involved
complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
tangled
adjective 1. knotted, twisted, matted, messy, snarled, jumbled, entangled, knotty, tousled
adjective 2. complicated, involved, complex, confused, messy, mixed-up, convoluted, knotty


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