<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwined threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.</li><li>to involve in something that hampers, obstructs, or overgrows.</li><li>to catch and hold in or as if in a net or snare.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to be or become tangled.</li><li>to come into conflict; fight or argue.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a tangled condition or situation.</li><li>a tangled or confused mass or assemblage of something.</li><li>a confused jumble; a tangle of contradictory statements.</li><li>a conflict; disagreement.</li></ul>