complicated Definition
com·pli·cated (-kāt′id)
adjective
made up of parts intricately involved; hard to untangle, solve, understand, analyze, etc.
complicated Related Forms
com′·pli·cat′·edly adverb
complicated Synonyms
complicated
modif.
complicated Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- unnecessarily: The process of complaining is a sham, made unnecessarily complicated.
- overly: Now, I don't like overly complicated rules.
- needlessly: While running the Form Market, Chrissie notes the misery caused by needlessly complicated forms.
- fiendishly: About twenty kids, and a proportionate number of mothers were playing some fiendishly complicated party game on the grass.
- incredibly: It's an incredibly complicated search and experimentation process we go through in all of our projects to make sure they sound fantastic!
- immensely: The REACH law, seven years in the making, is immensely complicated and exceptionally controversial.
Preposition: by
fact: The matter becomes further complicated by the fact that many businesses operate various credit systems with regard to payments.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
make: Teachers can edit the slides to make the timeline more complicated or easier.
Modifies a noun
- jargon: No complicated legal jargon, our conveyancers will guide you through the whole process in a straightforward manner using plain English.
- calculation: In Mathematics modules which involve complicated calculations you will be introduced to computer packages for carrying them out.
- formula: There are no pots to drift nor complicated formulas to compute to set DIP switch gain ranges.
- sleight: Often, complicated sleight of hand routines take many months or years of practice before you can experience the results.
- maneuver: Tango does not need to be flamboyant or crowded with complicated maneuvers designed to impress an audience.
- equation: The Kurds are the wild card in this complicated equation.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: These don't seem complicated, yet many organizations are opting to buy network support rather than maintain expertise in-house.
- become: Here the ' simple ' question becomes much more complicated.
- sound: Q: That sounds very complicated, can you elaborate?
- get: Here, things get very complicated, very quickly.
- appear: A8 asylum seekers The situation for asylum seekers appears particularly complicated.
- look: The tree diagram is beginning to look rather complicated.
Browse dictionary entries near complicated
- ‹ complicate
- ‹ complicacy
- ‹ compliant
- ‹ compliance
- ‹ compliable
- ‹ Complexity of Problem
- ‹ complexity
- ‹ complexioned
- ‹ complexion
- ‹ complex sentence
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