tan ‧ gled /ˈtæŋɡ ə ld/ BrE AmE ( also ˌtangled ˈup ) adjective
1 . twisted together in an untidy mass:
Your bedclothes are all tangled up.
He had hair like tangled string.
2 . complicated or not easy to understand:
the tangled web of local politics
tangled emotions