Disarray and Entangle

noun

• A mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior.
  • usage: "a confusion of impressions"
  • synonyms: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness
• Untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance.
  • synonyms: disorderliness

verb

• Bring disorder to.
  • synonyms: disorder

• (v.t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
• (n.) Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
• (n.) Confused attire; undress.
• (v.t.) To take off the dress of; to unrobe.

verb

• Entrap.
  • usage: "Our people should not be mired in the past"
  • synonyms: mire
• Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.
  • usage: "The child entangled the cord"
  • synonyms: tangle, mat, snarl

• (v.t.) To twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated; to make tangled, confused, and intricate; as, to entangle yarn or the hair.
• (v.t.) To involve in such complications as to render extrication a bewildering difficulty; hence, metaphorically, to insnare; to perplex; to bewilder; to puzzle; as, to entangle the feet in a net or in briers.