tangled

Words with a similar base: tangled

'tangled'

[embroil.v.01] as in: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

Examples:
They were swept up by the events
don't drag me into this business

'tangled'

[ravel.v.02] as in: tangle or complicate

Examples:
a ravelled story

'tangled'

[tousle.v.01] as in: disarrange or rumple; dishevel

Examples:
The strong wind tousled my hair

'tangled'

[entangle.v.02] as in: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

Examples:
The child entangled the cord

'tangled'

[tangled.a.01] as in: in a confused mass

Examples:
pushed back her tangled hair
the tangled ropes

'tangled'

[byzantine.s.01] as in: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott

Examples:
the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
convoluted legal language
convoluted reasoning
the plot was too involved
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months

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