tangled mess

Frequency: 6.78.1 per million words

a complicated and twisted state, physically or metaphorically

messADJECTIVE + mess

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tangled

Examples (10)

  • Her hair was a tangled mess.
  • The fishing lines became a tangled mess after the storm.
  • His finances were in a tangled mess, and he couldn't see a way out.
  • The old garden hose was a tangled mess at the back of the shed.
  • Trying to understand the legal documents felt like wading through a tangled mess.
  • The wires behind the computer were a tangled mess.
  • Their relationship ended in a tangled mess of misunderstandings and blame.
  • After the concert, the stage was a tangled mess of cables and equipment.
  • The government's new policy has created a tangled mess of bureaucracy.
  • He found himself in a tangled mess of lies and deceit.