labyrinthine
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9.2
- adjective
- /ˌlæbəˈrɪnˌθin/
- Formal
:
laberíntico
- Navigating the labyrinthine streets of the old city can be quite challenging.
- labyrinthine structure
- labyrinthine quality
- labyrinthine space
She will guide us through Sao Paulo's Phantos, Magorig, and labyrinthine World of things.
- She will guide us through Sao Paulo's Phantos, Magorig, and labyrinthine World of things.
Examples
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People living hundreds of feet below Manhattan in the city's labyrinthine network of train tunnels.
Blog text (14) -
Time, then, is just as labyrinthine as space; it twists, turns, moves forward and backward, etc.
Academic text (1994) -
A bold and protein guide into the labyrinthine psychic and cultural past.
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I know, it's labyrinthine, isn't it?
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Both characters attempt to negotiate the labyrinthine depths that separate them from themselves and from their tribal cultures.
Academic text (1997) -
Often, descriptions of cities focus on the chaotic and labyrinthine nature of the city with its crowded streets.
Academic text (1999) -
Huge bones, some of them in their original wooden shipping cases, remain stored in the museum's labyrinthine basement.
Academic text (1991) -
Here, centuries of commerce can be charted amid labyrinthine streets and tiny alleyways.
Blog text (1) -
Though relics remain, the labyrinthine streets are now swarming with Hondas and Vespas.
Academic text (2011) -
The crewmen follow surreptitiously, camera tracking after Scotty through the labyrinthine corridors...
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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5.4
Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts
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8.6
Very complicated and hard to follow, often not needed
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6.6
Complicated and hard to understand
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8.1
Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument
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9.8
Very complex and difficult to understand, often about systems and rules
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6.8
Very complicated and hard to follow, like rules or relationships
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7.6
Winding and twisting like a snake
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8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
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9.6
A plan, story or place with many twisting parts that confuse people
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5.7
Full of confusing, twisting paths that are hard to find your way through
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8.9
Full of winding paths like a maze
Having many twisting passages that are hard to find your way through
Very hard to understand because it is complicated
A path or road that has many twists and turns
Full of many tangled parts that are hard to follow
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A sense that tells you where your head is and how it moves from the inner ear
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word labyrinthine comes from the Greek word labyrinth, which means 'maze' and refers to a famous maze from ancient myth. So when something is labyrinthine, it is like a maze — very complex with many twists and turns.