tangled

comparative more tangled · superlative most tangled

1. Mixed up, interlaced.

   tangled knot

   3 more examples

   Troubled, 'wilder'd, and forlorn, / Dark, benighted, travel-worn, / Over many a tangled spray, / All heart-broke I heard her say

   1789, William Blake, “A Dream”, in Songs of Innocence

   That like a mighty river onward streams / In multitudinous channels ruthlessly, / Past tangled isles and barriers of sand

   1919, Henry Head, “Paris. April, 1916”, in Destroyers and Other Verses

   Lost inside a world I never belonged / Thinking that I knew my right from my wrong / Tangled in confusion feeling my way / Living in a shadow all shades of gray

   1978, Brainstorm, “We're on Our Way Home, Pt. 1”, in Journey to the Light

2. broadlyIntricate.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of tangle