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convoluted
con·vo·lut·ed C0618300 (kŏn′və-lo͞o′tĭd, kŏn′və-lo͞o′tĭd)adj.1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.convoluted (ˈkɒnvəˌluːtɪd) adj1. (esp of meaning, style, etc) difficult to comprehend; involved2. wound together; coiled ˈconvoˌlutedly adv ˈconvoˌlutedness ncon•vo•lut•ed (ˈkɒn vəˌlu tɪd)
adj. 1. twisted; coiled. 2. complicated; intricately involved: convoluted reasoning. [1805–15] con′vo•lut`ed•ly, adv. con′vo•lut`ed•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | convoluted - rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"convolutephytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plantscoiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck" | | 2. | convoluted - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"tortuous, tangled, knotty, Byzantine, involvedcomplex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs" |
convolutedadjectiveDifficult to understand because of intricacy:byzantine, complex, complicated, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeconvoluteconvoluted
con·vo·lute (kon'vō-lūt), Rolled together with one part over the other; in the shape of a roll or scroll. Synonym(s): convoluted [L. con-volvo, pp. -volutus, to roll together] convolute, convoluted (kŏn′vō-loot; -loot′ĕd) [L. convolvere, to roll together] Rolled, as a scroll.convoluted
Synonyms for convolutedadj difficult to understand because of intricacySynonyms- byzantine
- complex
- complicated
- daedal
- Daedalian
- elaborate
- intricate
- involute
- involved
- knotty
- labyrinthine
- tangled
Synonyms for convolutedadj rolled longitudinally upon itselfSynonymsRelated Wordsadj highly complex or intricate and occasionally deviousSynonyms- tortuous
- tangled
- knotty
- Byzantine
- involved
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