Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
- adj. Not easy to understand or analyze. See Synonyms at complex, elaborate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Composed of interconnected parts; not simple; complex; complicate.
- Consisting of many parts or particulars not easily separable in thought; difficult to analyze or separate into its parts; hard to understand, explain, etc.; involved; intricate; confused.
- Synonyms Complex, etc. See intricate.
Wiktionary
- adj. difficult or convoluted
- adj. Biology Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects)
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of complicate.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. difficult to analyze or understand
Examples
“Basson ascribed the long delay in sorting out the matter to what he described as complicated labour laws.”
“Her hair is short and easy, her expression complicated—self-conscious and shy, pleased and patient under the assault of our eyes.”
“Hezbollah's chief says they're holding him after what he described as a complicated security operation.”
“Fisher says talks are ongoing in what he calls a complicated process.”
“They claimed they hadn't been given enough time or resources to prepare an adequate defense against what they describe as a complicated financial fraud case.”
“The St. Louis County Municipal League's Executive Director, Tim Fischesser, voiced his concerns about what he called a complicated piece of legislation.”
“Ames said he still wants to learn more about RPS, which he describes as complicated, but said he could see the benefits to joining with other cities in a collaborative effort.”
“CNBC calculated the figure based on what it described as a complicated cocktail of budgeted dollars, actual spending, guarantees, loans, swaps and other market mechanisms by the Federal Reserve, the Treasury and other offices of government.”
“And the only thing I find "complicated" is the fact you didn't pay your taxes and I, among millions, are paying the salary of a tax cheat.”
“It's a government agency, "complicated" is a given!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘complicated’.
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unknown to numerous
manifold, numerous, multiplied, complicated, continuum, copy, graph, cyclostyle, polygraph, hectograph, mimeograph, multiply and 35 more...
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Ophelia
Words to describe John Everett Millais' Ophelia
biosphere, biology, community, habitat, biotic, vivacious, nature, natural, detail, ecology ecosystem, dense, elaborate and 33 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Cage
cage, depart, nothing, void, strain, unconscious, never, alone, floor, God, hell, winter and 219 more...
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Wordie Working Overtime - some words ...
Some words of from XTC songs that I like or for some reason stand out. That and a dollar will get you a ride on the bus.
transistor, impaled, settee, sunspecs, neon, meccanic, infatuation, greenhouse, capers, consequence, excepted, helicopter and 112 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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I am
considering, ruined, troubled, worried, frustrated, negative, depressing, depressed, depression, sick, exhausted, alone and 59 more...
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Words that fit me
nouns or verbs used when the meaning fits better
eccentric, curiosity, stubborn, bohemian, whimsical, outspoken, tenacious, photographer, quirky, entrepreneur, organized, organized and 25 more...
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Anything negative
apathy, suicide, depression, loneliness, forgotten, fate, lonesome, desolate, weakness, dreadful, forsaken, anxious and 24 more...
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