convoluted English

Meaning convoluted meaning

What does convoluted mean?

convoluted

— adjective (= convolute) rolled longitudinally upon itself a convolute petal

— adjective (= Byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious the Byzantine tax structure Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship convoluted legal language convoluted reasoning the plot was too involved a knotty problem got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering Oh, what a tangled web we weave — Sir Walter Scott tortuous legal procedures tortuous negotiations lasting for months

Synonyms convoluted synonyms

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convoluted English » English

involved

tangled

knotty

intricate

tortuous

serpentine

meandering

convolute

complicated

complex

Byzantine

turbinate

sophisticated

snuggled

recondite

perplexed

labyrinthine

involute

implex

fancy-pants

Topics convoluted topics

What do people use convoluted to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange

Simple, complicated

• What words describe something that is complicated?
  complicated complex intricate elaborate convoluted sophisticated tortuous variable

States Quality Shape

Bend

• What words describe something that has many bends?
  circuitous coiled convoluted corrugated curly curvy kinky meandering pretzel serpentine serrated sinuous snaky spiral tortuous twisting undulating waved waving wavy wind winding zigzag