Entangled, twisted, complicated. Also figurative. Of road traffic: congested (originally U.S.); also with up.

In the senses of the verb: (a) caught or held fast in anything tangled; ensnared; (b) involved in difficulties; embarrassed, perplexed; †(c) (of an…

= intricate, adj., involved, entangled.

Entangled.

Tangled.

Perplexingly entangled or involved; interwinding in a complicated manner.

That has unravelled; frayed, with frayed edges. Also figurative and in extended use.

Interlaced or intertwined in a complicated and confused manner; matted, mixed up confusedly; figurative complicated, intricate.

Of a material object: having complex structure; having the parts intricately intertwined; tangled. Also figurative. Now rare.

Intricate, entangled, involved.

In a tangle; entangled.

Tangled, ravelled.

Abounding in tangles; tangled.

Chiefly poetic and literary. Resembling a net in effect or operation, esp. by tending to enclose, encompass, or capture.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2.)

Full of tanglement, tangled, confused. Also dialect (see quot. 1823).

Twisted, contorted, tangled.