Related Words for tangled

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enmeshed
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Adjective, Verb
tortuous
/xx
Verb, Adjective
entangled
x/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
involved
x/
Verb, Adjective
matted
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
labyrinthine
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
afoul
x/
Adjective, Adverb
foul
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
convoluted
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
intertwined
xx/
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
intricate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Verb
knotted
/x
Verb, Adjective, Verb
knotty
/x
Verb, Adjective
thrown
/
Adjective, Adjective
complex
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
byzantine
/xx
Verb, Name, Adjective
untangled
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
entwined
x/
Verb
ensnared
x/
Verb
twisted
/x
Adjective, Verb
weaved
/
Verb
disentangled
xx/x
Verb
interwoven
xx/x
Verb
embroiled
x/
Verb
jumbled
/x
Adjective
mangled
/x
Adjective
morass
x/
Noun
coiled
/
Adjective
muddled
/x
Adjective
messy
/x
Adjective
unraveled
x/x
Verb
inextricable
x/xxx
Adjective
tied
/
Verb
thicket
/x
Noun
entanglement
x/xx
Noun
mired
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Verb
contorted
x/x
Adjective
thorny
/x
Adjective
muddied
/x
Verb
twined
/
Adjective
braided
/x
Adjective
mess
/
Noun
unravelled
x/x
Verb
gnarled
/
Adjective
frayed
/
Adjective
splintered
/x
Adjective
untidy
x/x
Adjective
complicated
/xxx
Adjective
wrapped
/
Verb
loose
/
Adjective
sprawling
/x
Verb
snared
/
Verb
strands
/
Noun
draped
/
Verb
intermingled
xx/x
Verb
shrouded
/x
Adjective
spun
/
Verb
unwound
x/
Adjective
welter
/x
Noun
crisscrossed
/x
Verb
dense
/
Adjective
roiling
/x
Adjective
fragmented
/xx
Adjective
dangling
/xx
Verb
swirling
/x
Verb
rumpled
/x
Adjective
cluttered
/x
Adjective
clotted
/x
Adjective
interlocked
xx/
Adjective
wedged
/
Verb
unwieldy
x/x
Adjective
crumpled
/x
Adjective
quagmire
/xx
Noun
stringy
/x
Noun
trapped
/
Adjective
strewn
/
Adjective
wrenched
/
Verb
kinked
/
Adjective
labyrinth
/xx
Noun
choked
/
Verb
strung
/
Adjective
riddled
/x
Verb
interconnected
xxx/x
Adjective
clumped
/
Adjective
tugged
/
Verb
disjointed
x/x
Adjective
interlinked
xx/
Adjective
entrapped
x/
Adjective
tattered
/x
Adjective
fraught
/
Noun
jammed
/
Verb
sodden
/x
Adjective
lacerated
/xxx
Adjective
layered
/x
Adjective
meshed
/
Noun
webbed
/
Adjective
conflicted
x/x
Adjective
superposed
xx/
Adjective
interpenetrating
xx/xxx
Verb
fused
/
Adjective
skein
/
Noun
wildwood
/x
Noun
briars
/x
Noun
underbrush
/xx
Noun
undergrowth
/xx
Noun
brushwood
/x
Noun
underwood
/xx
Name
bedclothes
//
Noun
brambles
/x
Noun
creepers
/x
Noun
wreckage
/x
Noun
vines
/
Noun
cordage
/x
Noun
mop
/
Noun
mazes
/x
Noun
manes
/
Noun
rigging
/x
Noun
shrubbery
/xx
Noun
grapevines
/x
Noun
driftwood
/x
Noun
aerial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
blurred
/
Adjective
cloudy
/x
Adjective
confused
x/
Adjective
impenetrable
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
luxuriant
x/xx
Adjective
prickly
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
scraggly
/x
Adjective
scrubby
/x
Adjective
straggling
/xx
Adjective
thick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective