convoluted

(kŏn'və-lū'tĭd)
adj.

1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.
2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.

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adjective

Difficult to understand because of intricacy: byzantine, complex, complicated, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled. See simple/complex.

adj

Definition: complicated
Antonyms: simple, straightforward

IN BRIEF: v. - Complicated; coiled; twisted.

The boy told a story too convoluted for his mother to follow.

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For a list of words related to convoluted, see:

• Strategy and Tactics - convoluted: (adj) tortuously involved, complex, or confusing
• Shapes - convoluted: (adj) twisted; coiled

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See words rhyming with "convoluted."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - snoet, kompliceret

Nederlands (Dutch)
gedraaid, ingewikkeld

Français (French)
adj. - alambiqué, vrillé (motif), convoluté (vin)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verwickelt, komplex

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συσπειρωμένος, συνεστραμμένος, μπερδεμένος, πολύπλοκος

Italiano (Italian)
intricato, involuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - enrolado, convoluto (Zool.)

Русский (Russian)
изогнутый, запутанный, вычурный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - complicado, intrincado, retorcido, sinuoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - full av vindlingar, invecklad (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
旋绕的, 费解的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 旋繞的, 費解的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 둘둘 감긴, 한쪽 감기의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 回旋状の, 入り組んだ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معقد, ملتوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסובך, מעוקל, מפותל‬

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