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convoluted
Meaning: extremely complex and difficult to follow
convoluted in a sentence
How convoluted is used in real sentences:
The lawyer's convoluted explanation left the jury more confused than before.
The novel's plot grew so convoluted by the final chapters that readers needed a chart to track every character.
“Witnesses produced a convoluted chain of remembered orders, revised tables, and secondhand remarks, so the inquiry could not assign a single cause.”
— from the passage The Eastern Turn
“The central problem was convoluted because lichens do not grow at a constant pace, and neighboring species can resemble one another after centuries of weathering.”
— from the passage The Moraine Calendar
Synonyms for convoluted
Other words for convoluted — intricate, tangled and complicated — carry the same meaning.
- intricate
- tangled
- complicated
Antonyms of convoluted
Words that mean the opposite of convoluted:
- simple
- straightforward
- clear
Where it comes from
From Latin convolutus 'rolled together, coiled'
Memory hook
CONVOLUTED sounds like a coiled knot of wires all tangled together.
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