complicated
adjective
[ ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd ]
• consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate.
• "a complicated stereo system"
Similar:
complex,
intricate,
involved,
convoluted,
tangled,
elaborate,
impenetrable,
knotty,
tricky,
thorny,
serpentine,
labyrinthine,
tortuous,
cumbersome,
Byzantine,
Daedalian,
Gordian,
confused,
confusing,
bewildering,
baffling,
puzzling,
perplexing,
difficult to understand,
above one's head,
fiddly,
involute,
involuted,
• involving complications.
• "complicated appendicitis"
complicate
verb
• make (something) more complicated.
• "increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer"
Similar:
make (more) difficult,
make complex,
make complicated,
mix up,
confuse,
muddle,
entangle,
embroil,
mess up,
snarl up,
screw up,
perplex,
embarrass,
ravel,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘combine, entangle, intertwine’): from Latin complicat- ‘folded together’, from the verb complicare, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
