convoluted

Verb

• curl, wind, or twist together
• practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
• simple past and past participle of convolute

Adjective Satellite

• rolled longitudinally upon itself
• highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott
  • "convoluted legal language"
  • "convoluted reasoning"

Adj

• Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
• Complex, complicated, or intricate.

Examples

• He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.

Synonyms

Byzantine, convolute, convolve, involved, knotty, pervert, sophisticate, tangled, tortuous, twist, twist around, Gordian, complex, complexed, complicate, complicated, convoluted, intricate, involutional, labyrinthal, labyrinthine, manifold, meandrine, obvolute, torquated

Antonyms

unconvoluted

Related Words

convolute, convolution, convolve