English adjective: convoluted | |||
| 1. | convoluted rolled longitudinally upon itself | ||
| Samples | A convolute petal. | ||
| Synonyms | convolute | ||
| Similar | coiled | ||
| Domain category | botany, phytology | ||
| Antonyms | uncoiled, straight | ||
| 2. | convoluted highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious | ||
| Samples | 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. Tortuous legal procedures. Tortuous negotiations lasting for months. | ||
| Synonyms | Byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous | ||
| Similar | complex | ||
| Antonyms | simple | ||