tangled meaning and definition

TANGLED adjective

Definition of tangled (adjective)

1. in a confused mass
   • "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"
   • antonym: untangled
2. 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"
   • synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tortuous