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complicated

  • adjective
  • com·pli·cat·ed
  • /ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/

Difficult or convoluted.

Example

“It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.”

Other meanings

  1. Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

Synonyms

  • complex

Antonyms

  • simple

Related words

  • complicatedly
  • complicatedness
  • noncomplicated
  • overcomplicated
  • semicomplicated
  • supercomplicated
  • complicated fracture

Example sentences

  • “It's a complicated thing for so many reasons.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “More complicated than we imagined, it was.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

  • “You're making it more complicated than it needs to be.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “complicated” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.