convoluted
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- rolled longitudinally upon itself“a convolute petal”Synonyms: convolute
- 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: Byzantineinvolvedknottytangledtortuous
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1.Having convolutions. [1913 Webster]
beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.— Pennant.[1913 Webster]
2.Folded in tortuous windings. [1913 Webster]
A highly convoluted brain.— North Amer. Rev.[1913 Webster]
coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj. curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals; as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled longitudinally upon itself;curled, curled up; involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted; convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound] [WordNet 1.5]