TANGLED

• (adj.) in a confused mass

  "pushed back her tangled hair", "the tangled ropes"

• (adj.) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

  "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"

  synonyms : byzantine , convoluted , involved , knotty , tortuous

  She could not follow his convoluted discourse. -added by naila_inlas

  the candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues -added by nithi

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