Complicated and difficult to unravel. See synonyms at complex.
tangled
Dictionary:
tan·gled (tăng'gəld)  |
adj.
| Thesaurus: tangled |
adjective
- Difficult to understand because of intricacy: byzantine, complex, complicated, convoluted, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthine. See simple/complex.
| Antonyms: tangled |
adj
Definition: confused
Antonyms: simple, straightforward
| WordNet: tangled |
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
in a confused mass
Antonym: untangled (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
highly involved or intricate
Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tortuous
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| Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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