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Convoluted

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Adjective

1. convolute, convoluted

rolled longitudinally upon itself

Example Sentences:
'a convolute petal'

2. byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Convoluted

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adjective
1. 
(esp of meaning, style, etc) difficult to comprehend; involved
2. 
wound together; coiled

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Convoluted

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adjective
1. 
having convolutions, as in the kidney's tubules; coiled; spiraled
2. 
extremely involved; intricate; complicated
a convoluted style

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Convoluted

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adj.
1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.
2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.

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