labyrinthineadjective
uk/ˌlæb.əˈrɪn.θaɪn/us/ˌlæb.əˈrɪn.θaɪn/literaryused to describe something that has a lot of parts and is therefore confusing:
Beneath the city lies a labyrinthine network of tunnels.
It takes a fair amount of concentration to follow the movie's labyrinthine plot.
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Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- equivocal
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- obscure
- opaque
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- recherché
- veiled
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