To tangles is to make something complicated or difficult. When you tangle your hair up in a knot, you are making it difficult to untangle.
The knot in her hair was getting harder and harder to untangle.
The instructions were so complex that it was hard to tangle them in my head.
verb
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
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noun
something jumbled or confused
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disarrange or rumple; dishevel
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verb
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
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tangle or complicate
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noun
a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven
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The result of this history is a tangle.
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It is the turbulent airflow that tangles the fibers.
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It's in the tangled mess behing the computer.
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I undid the tangled strings.
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I unknotted the tangled strings.
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Slinkies have the tendency to tangle.
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The lead at the moment is a confusing tangle.
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Her parachute was found tangled in the fuselage.
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The periods separate the notation for each tangle.
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But such lusty adventures are tangled up with didactic excesses.