tangle

Noun

• something jumbled or confused
  • a tangle of government regulations
    

• a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
  • they carved their way through the tangle of vines
    

Verb

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
  • The child entangled the cord
    

• disarrange or rumple; dishevel
  • The strong wind tousled my hair
    

• tangle or complicate
  • a ravelled story
    

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
  • They were swept up by the events
    
  • don't drag me into this business
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  snarl , maze , entangle , mat , tousle , dishevel , ravel , knot , embroil , sweep , sweep up , drag , drag in
• Antonyms: 
  disentangle , unsnarl , straighten out , unravel , unknot , unscramble , untangle , unpick , ravel , ravel out