tanglesome adjective2 •Characterised or marked by entanglement, tangled, entangled.It is not to tease you, and hurt you, my sweet, / But only for kindness and care, / That I wash you and dress you, and make you look neat, / And comb out your tanglesome hair. — 1850 •(dialect, UK) Quarrelsome. formsmore tanglesome · most tanglesome