labyrinthine
/ˌlabəˈrɪnθʌɪn
/adjective
1(Of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting: labyrinthine streets and alleys...
- He had a destination in mind and he was not about to get lost in the labyrinthine alleyways and side streets.
- Issues facing the bazaar are manifold, just like its labyrinthine alleys.
- You are already lost in its labyrinthine alleys.
Synonyms
maze-like, winding, twisting, serpentine, meandering, wandering, rambling, mazy, sinuous, zigzag
1.1(Of a system) intricate and confusing: labyrinthine plots and counterplots...
- Instead of reform, the Government is building a labyrinthine system that is so complicated that even simple decisions cannot be made.
- Truly staggering amounts of money, from a variety of well-meaning friends, disappeared into his labyrinthine system of debts, leaving nothing to show.
- She also has one other potentially winning policy - the reform of the labyrinthine German tax system.
Synonyms
complicated, intricate, complex, involved, tortuous, convoluted, tangled, elaborate, knotty;
confusing, puzzling, perplexing, mystifying, bewildering, baffling;
inextricable, entangled, impenetrable, thorny, Byzantine, Daedalian, Gordian
rare involute, involuted
