Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.

synonyms: snarl, snarl up.

Roget 61: derange; disarrange, misarrange^†; displace, misplace; mislay, discompose, disorder; deorganize^†, discombobulate, disorganize; embroil, unsettle, disturb, confuse, trouble, perturb, jumble, tumble; shuffle, randomize; huddle, muddle, toss, hustle, fumble, riot; bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder etc. 59; muss [U.S.]; break the ranks, disconcert, convulse; break in upon.    unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear.    turn topsy-turvy etc. (invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle^†, embrangle^†, tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle^†, dishevel, ruffle; rumple etc. (fold) 258.    litter, scatter; mix etc. 41.    rearrange etc. 148.    ... show more