The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - tanglen.

1) confusion, knot, gnarl, mesh, snarl, twist, kink, entanglement, jam, snag, jumble, mess, skein, web, coil: It took hours to straighten out the tangle of ribbons. 2) muddle, complication, jumble, puzzle, medley, complexity, complication, scramble, mishmash, mix-up, hotchpotch or US and Canadian also hodgepodge, jungle, maze, labyrinth: She was rather bewildered by the vast tangle of information on the subject. --v. 3) Often, tangle up. confuse, knot, mesh, snarl, gnarl, twist, kink, ravel, entangle, jam, snag, intertwist, intertwine, interlace, interweave, jumble, mess up, scramble, shuffle, muddle: Now you've tangled all the ribbons I carefully straightened out earlier. 4) Often, tangle with. wrangle (with) , contend (with) , fight (with or against) , (come into) conflict (with) , come or go up against, lock horns (with) , dispute, cross swords (with) , disagree (with) : The sheriff is the last person I want to tangle with.