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tangled

tang·led

UK/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/ US/ˈtæŋɡʌld/ fairly common

adjective

1.

in a confused mass

  • “pushed back her tangled hair”
  • “the tangled ropes”
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2.

highly involved or intricate

  • “the Byzantine tax structure”
  • “convoluted legal language”
  • “convoluted reasoning”
  • “intricate needlework”
  • “an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology”
  • “the plot was too involved”
  • “a knotty problem”
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Phrases

  • tangled nest spider
  • tangled web
  • what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive
  • what tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive

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