Knotted
Strangled
Strangled adjective - Held in check with difficulty.
Knotted and strangled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knotted" instead a verb "Strangled".
Nearby Word: strangling
Both words in one sentence
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The titular fairy godmother then has to lock the curse down as "unable to be combed, brushed, or cut; knotted around the bedframe" before The Tradition warps the curse into something deadly like "princess strangled by her own tangled hair."
Source: Stubborn Hair
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