tangle

Meanings

• a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
  • "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"
• something jumbled or confused
  • "a tangle of government regulations"
• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
• tangle or complicate
• disarrange or rumple; dishevel
• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
  • "The child entangled the cord"

Synonyms

dishevel, drag, drag in, embroil, entangle, knot, mat, maze, ravel, snarl, sweep, sweep up, tousle