convoluted

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(kŏn'və-lū'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.
  2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.

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adj

Definition: complicated
Antonyms: simple, straightforward

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

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

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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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