tangled

About 2.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Mixed up, interlaced.

   tangled knot

2. adjective Intricate.
3. verb simple past and past participle of tangle

Similar words

afoul byzantine complex convoluted enmeshed entangled foul fouled intermeshed intertwined

Often followed by

in up with and web mass hair skein together