convoluted
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8.6
- adjective
- /ˈkɒnvəˌluːtɪd/
:
enrevesado
- The explanation he gave was so convoluted that I couldn't understand it at all.
- convoluted and complex
- convoluted debate
- convoluted scenario
It's so it's so convoluted yet logical in its own way.
- It's so it's so convoluted yet logical in its own way.
- It's really convoluted and I think pretextual.
- By contrast to that, it's a rather convoluted form of praise, right?
- Historian PA Novikov has remarked on this series of convoluted events.
- And now here is where it becomes not just complex, but genuinely convoluted, turned in on itself.
- But if it's you that is succeeding, then the whole thing feels like a convoluted mess.
- I almost like this joke because it's it's the kind of joke that like comedians might make where it's so convoluted.
- But it took all of that convoluted stuff to get there.
Examples
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In Marquette, the bus transfer station problem illustrates just how convoluted local tensions and issues can become.
Academic text (2001) -
But can anyone remember, and I bet you can, her convoluted relationship with Harry, her divorce attorney.
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Sometimes I made the deal so convoluted... it was hard for me to work out if they were on the level.
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The second level thinking requires a more convoluted discussion, many more words, more time.
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The reasoning is a little bit convoluted.
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The plot was convoluted and the acting wasn't very good, but I see why you wanted me to watch it.
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Because the current rules, regulations, funding, and reimbursement requirements are so convoluted, we should start over.
Academic text (1995) -
The booker complained that Dizzy's music was too fast and convoluted for normal people to follow.
Academic text (2014) -
Others have analyzed in detail both the substance of the BRA and the convoluted process that led to its enactment.
Academic text (2017) -
The result is a convoluted workaround that many fishermen view as nonsensical.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
876
5.4
Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts
648
5.6
Not simple because it has many connected parts
276
3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
179
4.9
Very detailed with many small parts or decorations
73
6.7
Having many small parts or details that are hard to understand
16
6.6
Complicated and hard to understand
9
6.4
Difficult to understand
7
8.1
Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument
6
9.8
Very complex and difficult to understand, often about systems and rules
4
6.8
Very complicated and hard to follow, like rules or relationships
4
9.2
Having many parts that are hard to follow like a maze
1
8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
6.2
More complex than it needs to be
1
5.3
Twisted together, like wires, or stuck in a difficult situation
Having too many details that make it hard to follow
Very hard to understand because it is complicated
Full of many tangled parts that are hard to follow
Very complicated with many linked parts
Antonyms
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Convoluted comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and volvere 'to roll'. So a 'convoluted' idea is like thoughts all 'rolled together' into a twisted, hard-to-follow mass, which is why the word now means very complex and confusing.