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mazing

mazing

8.9
Having many twisting passages that are hard to find your way through
  • adjective
  • /ˈmeɪzɪŋ/
translation icon : laberíntico
  • Navigating the mazing streets of the old town took longer than we expected.

Examples

  • The instructions to assemble the furniture were so mazing that I had to ask for help.

  • "Beware of philosophers." "Where would I find any philosophers?" asked Raymond, who had done theater design at art school with Bernard and now designed sets for a successful children's TV program called The A-Mazing Maze of Monsters.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Her explanation of the project was mazing, filled with details that were hard to follow.

Synonyms

complicated
vsmazing
876 5.4

Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts

stresses twisting confusing layout rather than interconnected parts
tortuous
vsmazing
7 8.1

Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument

focuses more on many twisting confusing passages and overall confusion
labyrinthine
vsmazing
  • Formal
4 9.2

Having many parts that are hard to follow like a maze

is similar but usually less intensely complex
mazelike
vsmazing
1 5.7

Full of confusing, twisting paths that are hard to find your way through

is the adjective for many twisting confusing passages
mazy
vsmazing
1 8.9

Full of winding paths like a maze

is about confusing complexity rather than only physical layout

Very hard to understand because it is complicated

is less extreme, focusing on many twisting confusing passages

Antonyms

1.0

Easy to understand and not confusing

1.0

Easy to understand or do

How Complex

inextricable
3 8.9
labyrinthine
  • Formal
4 9.2
convoluted
31 8.6
mazing
8.9
complex
648 5.6

Surface Forms

mazing positive
mazinger comparative
mazingest superlative

Morphology

mazing = maze (transparent) = maze + ing

This is a regular -ing adjective from maze, and the meaning 'maze-like' or 'full of mazes' is easy to infer from the base word.

Etymology

The word mazing can also come from the simple word maze, meaning a 'labyrinth' or a confusing set of paths, so mazing describes something full of twists and hard to follow.