Meanings
comparative more complicated · superlative most complicated
- Difficult or convoluted.
It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
2 more examples
But there always is in my mind something at once ludicrous and mournful in a crowd congregated for the purpose of amusement. What discontent, what vanity, move the complicated wheels of the social machine!
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Masked Ball”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 177Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN - biologyFolded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of complicate
The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedifficult to analyze or understand
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek πολύπλοκος
- πολύπλοκος (polúplokos)difficult or convoluted
Arabic مُعَقَّد, مُرَكَّب
- مُعَقَّد (muʕaqqad)difficult or convoluted
- مُرَكَّب (murakkab)difficult or convoluted
- صَعْب (ṣaʕb)difficult or convoluted
- عَوِيص (ʕawīṣ)difficult or convoluted
Bulgarian сло́жен, объ́ркан
- сло́жен (slóžen)difficult or convoluted
- объ́ркан (obắrkan)difficult or convoluted
Catalan complicat
- complicatdifficult or convoluted
Chinese Cantonese 複雜 /复杂
- 複雜 /复杂 (fuk¹ zaap⁶)difficult or convoluted
Chinese Mandarin 複雜 /复杂
- 複雜 /复杂 (fùzá)difficult or convoluted
Czech komplikovaný
- komplikovanýdifficult or convoluted
Danish kompliceret
- kompliceretdifficult or convoluted
Dutch ingewikkeld, gecompliceerd
- ingewikkelddifficult or convoluted
- gecompliceerddifficult or convoluted
Esperanto komplika, malsimpla
- komplikadifficult or convoluted
- malsimpladifficult or convoluted
Estonian keeruline
- keerulinedifficult or convoluted
Finnish monimutkainen, sekava
- monimutkainendifficult or convoluted
- sekavadifficult or convoluted
French compliqué, alambiqué
- compliquédifficult or convoluted
- alambiquédifficult or convoluted
German kompliziert, umständlich
- kompliziertdifficult or convoluted
- umständlichdifficult or convoluted
- schwierigdifficult or convoluted
- verzwicktdifficult or convoluted
- undurchschaubardifficult or convoluted
Greek πολύπλοκος, περίπλοκος
- πολύπλοκος (polýplokos)difficult or convoluted
- περίπλοκος (períplokos)difficult or convoluted
Hebrew מסובך, מְסֻבָּךְ
- מסובךdifficult or convoluted
- מְסֻבָּךְ (mesubákh)difficult or convoluted
- מורכבdifficult or convoluted
- מֻרְכָּב (murkáv)difficult or convoluted
Hindi जटिल, पेचीदा
- जटिल (jaṭil)difficult or convoluted
- पेचीदा (pecīdā)difficult or convoluted
Hungarian bonyolult, komplikált
- bonyolultdifficult or convoluted
- komplikáltdifficult or convoluted
Icelandic flókið
- flókiðdifficult or convoluted
Indonesian rumit
- rumitdifficult or convoluted
Irish casta, aimpléiseach
- castadifficult or convoluted
- aimpléiseachdifficult or convoluted
Italian complicato, intricato
- complicatodifficult or convoluted
- intricatodifficult or convoluted
- complessodifficult or convoluted
Japanese 複雑な
- 複雑な (fukuzatsu na)difficult or convoluted
Korean 복잡하다
- 복잡하다 (bokjaphada)difficult or convoluted
Latin complicātus, contortus
- complicātusdifficult or convoluted
- contortusdifficult or convoluted
- involūtusdifficult or convoluted
Latvian sarežģīts, komplicēts
- sarežģītsdifficult or convoluted
- komplicētsdifficult or convoluted
Lithuanian sudėtingas
- sudėtingasdifficult or convoluted
Māori takawhīwhiwhi, takawhiwhiwhiwhi
- takawhīwhiwhidifficult or convoluted
- takawhiwhiwhiwhidifficult or convoluted
- pōwhiwhidifficult or convoluted
- pōwhīwhiwhidifficult or convoluted
- pōwhiwhiwhiwhidifficult or convoluted
- rīraparapadifficult or convoluted
- matatinidifficult or convoluted
- mangangadifficult or convoluted
- whīwhiwhidifficult or convoluted
- pīroiroidifficult or convoluted
Norwegian Bokmål komplisert
- komplisertdifficult or convoluted
Polish skomplikowany, złożony
- skomplikowanydifficult or convoluted
- złożonydifficult or convoluted
Portuguese complicado
- complicadodifficult or convoluted
Punjabi ਗੁੰਝਲ਼ਦਾਰ
- ਗੁੰਝਲ਼ਦਾਰ (guñjhḷadār)difficult or convoluted
Romanian complicat, alambicat
- complicatdifficult or convoluted
- alambicatdifficult or convoluted
Russian сло́жный, запу́танный
- сло́жный (slóžnyj)difficult or convoluted
- запу́танный (zapútannyj)difficult or convoluted
Slovak komplikovaný
- komplikovanýdifficult or convoluted
Spanish complicado
- complicadodifficult or convoluted
Swedish komplicerad
- kompliceraddifficult or convoluted
Tagalog masalimuot
- masalimuotdifficult or convoluted
Thai ซับซ้อน
- ซับซ้อน (sáp-sɔ́ɔn)difficult or convoluted
Turkish karışık, komplike
- karışıkdifficult or convoluted
- komplikedifficult or convoluted
- karmaşıkdifficult or convoluted
- çapraşıkdifficult or convoluted
Ukrainian складни́й
- складни́й (skladnýj)difficult or convoluted
Urdu پیچِیدَہ
- پیچِیدَہ (pecīda)difficult or convoluted
Vietnamese phức tạp
- phức tạpdifficult or convoluted
Welsh cymhleth
- cymhlethdifficult or convoluted
Cite this entry
complicated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complicated
“complicated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complicated. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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