What is another word for convoluted?
Synonyms for convoluted
ˈkɒn vəˌlu tɪdcon·vo·lut·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
convolute, convolutedadjective
rolled longitudinally upon itself
"a convolute petal"
Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuousadjective
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:
involved, knotty, problematical, twisty, convolute, twisting, winding, problematic, mired, gnarled, gnarly, tangled, knobbed, tough, knotted, elusive, snarly, voluminous, tortuous, baffling, snarled
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#1376 | involved | |
#1758 | complex | |
#4924 | tough | |
#7037 | complicated | |
#14880 | winding | |
#14988 | problematic | |
#20086 | intricate | |
#20139 | elusive | |
#23795 | twisting | |
#25735 | tangled | |
#37075 | knotted | |
#41131 | convoluted | |
#50345 | voluminous | |
#53611 | baffling | |
#55672 | mired | |
#61101 | twisty | |
#68031 | knotty | |
#72606 | tortuous | |
#79304 | snarled | |
#89990 | gnarly | |
#99916 | gnarled | |
#107333 | problematical | |
#233953 | convolute | |
#273936 | knobbed |
How to use convoluted in a sentence?
Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don’t think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage is natural. It’s convoluted. And for the people to say the science is decided on, this is just really arrogant, to be honest with you, it's this intellectual arrogance that now you can’t even have a conversation about it. The climate is changing, and we need to adapt to that reality.
I've been very frustrated with the convoluted messaging out of the CDC and the The FDA, everybody should get the booster after six months. The data is incredibly clear that it increases your personal protection level -- that's why my parents got it, I got it, my family members got it.
LHL (Lee Hsien Loong) has made convoluted, ultimately false claims about Lee Kuan Yew's wishes. LHL is trying to suggest that because LKY signed some renovation plans in early 2012, he was open to preservation of the house.
Once again, the Trump White House is tip-toeing around big pharma with a spectacularly pinched and convoluted proposal that excludes insulin and has no actual implementation date.
Going through the long, convoluted, difficult reconciliation process with debt limit is very, very risky, we're not pursuing that.
Translations for convoluted
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- ملتفArabic
- complicat, enrevessatCatalan, Valencian
- stočenýCzech
- indvikletDanish
- gewunden, verwickeltGerman
- kunvolvitaEsperanto
- enrevesado, complejo, complicadoSpanish
- پیچیدهPersian
- monimutkainen, mutkikas, kierteinenFinnish
- convoluté, compliqué, alambiquéFrench
- membelitIndonesian
- involutoItalian
- מְפוּתָלHebrew
- 複雑なJapanese
- ಸುರುಳಿಯಾಕಾರದKannada
- perplexisLatin
- ingewikkeldeDutch
- zawiłyPolish
- circinalPortuguese
- întortocheatăRomanian
- кручёный, витой, запутанный, извилистый, сложныйRussian
- замршенSerbo-Croatian
- inveckladSwedish
- சுருண்டதுTamil
- ซับซ้อนThai
- anlaşılması güçTurkish
- گنجلکUrdu
- קאַנוואַלוטאַדYiddish
- 令人费解Chinese
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