adjective. Complicated and difficult to unravel. synonym: complex.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of tangle.

adjective. in a confused mass

adjective. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

"She says finding that part of her past uncovered both shame and pride -- what she calls the tangled history of this country."

afoul  complex  enmeshed  entangled  foul  

angled  dangled  entangled  fangled  jangled  

Byzantine  balled up  complex  complicated  confounded  

tangle