1. (

• embroil ,
• tangle ,
• sweep ,
• sweep_up ,
• drag ,
• drag_in

) 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" ;

2. (

• ravel ,
• tangle ,
• knot ,

) tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" ;

3. (

• tousle ,
• dishevel ,
• tangle ,

) disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" ;

4. (

• entangle ,
• tangle ,
• mat ,
• snarl

) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord" ;

1. (

• tangled

) in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes" ;

2. (

• Byzantine ,
• convoluted ,
• involved ,
• knotty ,
• tangled ,
• tortuous

) 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"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" ;