noun

1. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.

2. An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.

3. A slow-moving traffic jam.

Synonyms: imbroglio, entanglement

verb

1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.

   “to snarl a skein of thread”

2. To become entangled.

3. To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.