complicatedadjective
uk/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/us/ˈkɑːm.plə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/B1 involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult to understand:
complicated instructions
I had to fill in this really complicated form.
The rules are rather complicated to follow.
The relationship is a bit complicated. He's my mother's cousin's daughter's child.
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- His lecture was complicated and difficult to follow.
- Our lawyer guided us through the more complicated questions on the form.
- A complicated system of sewers runs under the city.
- The road system was so complicated that we had to stop several times to find our bearings.
- Your conclusion is good, but the final sentence is too long and complicated.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- equation
- fancy
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- many-sided
- plot
- purple
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- thereby hangs a tale idiom
- wheel
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