Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: convoluted
IPA transcription: [k'ɑnvəl,utəd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
    Meaning: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
  • Synonyms: convolute, convoluted
    Meaning: rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
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