First Known Use: 1766
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convoluted
adjective con·vo·lut·ed \ˈkän-və-ˌlü-təd\
: very complicated and difficult to understand
: having many twists and curves
Full Definition of CONVOLUTED
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: having convolutions
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Examples of CONVOLUTED
- At base stands a profound respect for the integrity of history and the complex and convoluted relationship between present and the past. —Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review, 9 Sept. 2001
- They are pictures of convoluted tree trunks on an island of pink wave-smoothed stone … —Margaret Atwood, Harper's, August 1990
- … she has been fashioning sequences of plans too convoluted to materialize … —Joseph Heller, God Knows, 1984
- To therapists, stepfamilies may present convoluted psychological dilemmas … —Letty Cottin Pogrebin, Family Politics, 1983
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Origin of CONVOLUTED
(see convolute)
Related to CONVOLUTED
- Synonyms
- baroque, byzantine, complicate, complicated, complex, daedal, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled
- Antonyms
- noncomplex, noncomplicated, plain, simple, uncomplicated
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convoluted
adjective con·vo·lut·ed \-ˌlü-təd\
Medical Definition of CONVOLUTED
: folded in curved or tortuous windings; specifically : having convolutions <the highly convoluted human cerebral cortex>
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