convoluted
AdjectiveUS[kon-vuh-loo-tuhd]/ˈkɑnvəˌlutəd/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- rolled longitudinally upon itself“a convolute petal”Synonyms: convoluteOpposite straightSimilar coiled
- 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: ByzantineinvolvedknottytangledtortuouslabyrinthineOpposite simpleSimilar complex
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con′vo·lu′ted adjective
1. Having convolutions.
beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.— Thomas Pennant
2. Folded in tortuous windings.
A highly convoluted brain.— North Amer. Rev.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54