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Meanings of
convoluted
in English
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.
involved
tangled
tortuous
byzantine
knotty
Related terms
complex
Rolled longitudinally upon itself.
convolute
Synonyms
Examples for "
involved
"
involved
tangled
tortuous
byzantine
knotty
Examples for "
involved
"
1
DISCRIMINATION Spitzer also said the refusal
involved
the victims' nationality and religion.
2
Four of those cases
involved
domestic violence victims fleeing their abusive partners.
3
Cases mostly
involved
young people, with a low proportion of severe cases.
4
Therefore the delay, said a government source directly
involved
in the policymaking.
5
The central fisheries issue
involved
concerned freedom of access and traditional rights.
1
It
tangled
,
but she managed to free it without the woman's help.
2
He
tangled
his feet in the blanket and fell in a heap.
3
I didn't understand your words, but your voice was
tangled
and raw.
4
Before long the cultivated fields gave way to the valley's
tangled
grassland.
5
The back of his coat was all
tangled
up in the barbs.
1
But North African leaders have to navigate a particularly
tortuous
sectarian path.
2
Having so many regulators also makes drafting new rules a
tortuous
process.
3
Previous election deadlines have slipped during a
tortuous
United Nations-backed peace process.
4
The
tortuous
course of the river added much to the scenic effect.
5
Two miles, perhaps three, it wound its
tortuous
way down the mountain.
1
Some see it as a critique of Iran's
byzantine
justice system.
2
He has spent far too long revelling in the
byzantine
minutiae of American politics.
3
Byzantine
influence was felt both in the north and in the south.
4
Justinian deposited in the
Byzantine
palace the treasures of the Gothic monarchy.
5
See the compilations of Bollandus from the authors of the
Byzantine
history.
1
In his long,
knotty
fingers he carried a copy of the Signal.
2
It was full of
knotty
points requiring deep thinking, and the Hon.
3
Its bark is more rough and
knotty
than that of the palm-tree.
4
Linking the
knotty
ribbons, I used six Osmanthus x burkwoodii topiary balls.
5
He held his
knotty
hands motionless over the flame of his lamp.
Convoluted.
Related terms
coiled
Usage of
convoluted
in English
1
But that also means treatment options are based on more
convoluted
information.
2
Is that a needlessly
convoluted
way to hear a new Jay-Z album?
3
Which is all a very
convoluted
way of answering your initial question.
4
Perhaps the concept of one-dimensional length is simply ill-suited for
convoluted
coastlines.
5
He's talking about the
convoluted
financial and operating structure of the business.
6
This
convoluted
command script attempts to link a set of object files.
7
It was a long,
convoluted
investigation, requiring subterfuge on both their parts.
8
It may feel quite
convoluted
,
but it can be unraveled with tact!
9
But a troublesome anomaly has become apparent in the
convoluted
four-tier process.
10
He was acutely aware of the
convoluted
atomic structure of the hull.
11
Also read: Irrelevant Currie Cup is the fall guy in
convoluted
season
12
His shield was darker than most, and the thoughts below were
convoluted
.
13
The
convoluted
plot revolves around the efforts of ambitious TV reporter C.J.
14
Getting the files in to the iPad is a tad
convoluted
,
though.
15
Clearly a shell corporation, and the trail gets more
convoluted
after that.
16
They weren't flesh and blood when they passed through this
convoluted
way-station.
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convoluted
Adjective
Frequent collocations
more convoluted
convoluted process
so convoluted
convoluted way
too convoluted
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Convoluted
through the time
Convoluted
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common