complicated
876
5.4
- adjective
- /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
:
complicado
- The instructions were too complicated for me to follow easily.
- more complicated
- too complicated
- become complicated
You see how complex and complicated this can get?
- You see how complex and complicated this can get?
- And now the story gets more complicated when GED asks him.
- If this all sounds complicated, well, it kind of is.
- Shockley was, you know, a very complicated and flawed character.
- And this may be more complicated than it sounds.
- Now, this is complicated, this is hard to do.
- You know, the mind is a complicated place, but I'm there.
- I'm sorry it's all so complicated, but that's just life, isn't it?
Examples
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You see how complex and complicated this can get?
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We had a complicated relationship.
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So the brain is a complicated system now.
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OK, this may be a complicated side mission here.
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And it gets more and more complicated as time goes by.
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People are able to hold many complicated ideas together.
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I live in a state whose history is both complicated and incredibly significant.
Academic text (2011) -
The real world is, of course, much more complicated than this simple approach suggests.
Academic text (1990) -
It is a complicated issue.
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Many participants were entering politics for the first time, and everything felt new, complicated, and quite frightening.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
648
5.6
Not simple because it has many connected parts
279
6.8
A machine or system with many advanced parts and careful design
276
3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
214
3.9
Difficult to do because it has hidden problems
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
31
8.6
Very complicated and hard to follow, often not needed
16
6.6
Complicated and hard to understand
15
5.9
Having many different parts or sides
9
6.6
Having many different parts or sides that make it complex
9
6.4
Difficult to understand
7
8.1
Full of twists and turns, like a winding road or an argument
4
6.8
Very complicated and hard to follow, like rules or relationships
2
8.1
Hard to understand or deal with
1
8.1
Difficult to solve or understand, often about problems
1
8.6
Very difficult to solve, cleverly made to confuse people
1
5.1
Fairly difficult and needing some skill or care to do
1
6.2
More complex than it needs to be
1
6.5
Having many parts or features and not simple
1
5.3
Twisted together, like wires, or stuck in a difficult situation
Very complicated with many linked parts
Very hard to understand because it is complicated
Antonyms
How Complicated
Surface Forms
Morphology
complicated = complicate (transparent) = complicate + ed
The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'complicate' with the regular '-ed' adjectival/past participle suffix meaning 'made complex'.
Etymology
Complicated comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and plicare 'to fold', so it once meant 'folded together'. So, something complicated is like many folds joined together and you must open those folds to understand or figure out how it works, which is why it feels hard to deal with.