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(adj)
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
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Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
Characteristic of a burden; arduous or demanding
Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
Difficult, hard to do.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
Posing a problem; having or suffering from problem(s):
Impeded or encumbered, as if chained or fettered.
That causes perplexity.
Confusing, bewildering, baffling or perplexing.
Boring, monotonous, time-consuming, wearisome, livelong.
Confused, astonished.
Discouraging; inspiring fear.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
difficult to understand; not clear as lacking order, chaotic, etc.
(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
(often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
Causing trouble or anxiety.
(n)
The imagination.
Anxious, worried, careworn.
Requiring little skill or effort.
Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
Entire, undivided.
With respect to an experience: exhausting; draining.
Easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty.
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.
Simple; not complicated; basic.
Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
not convenient
Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
(figuratively) Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
Having two or more separate aspects.
Anything made by combining several things.
Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.
Having barbs.
(Canada) A building, such as a duplex or triplex, with a number of apartments (typically two to four) that all open directly to the outside.
(figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious.
A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca, from Hebrew.
Compound; composite; resulting from the interaction and combination of multiple parts.
Mixed up, interlaced.
(v)
(transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
made or become worse; impaired
made difficult or slow
deeply involved especially in something complicated
caused to combine or unite
(figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
Very baffling, confusing, or perplexing, often due to a very large choice being available.
Tangled or twisted together.
excessively complicated
Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
Made more simple; having its complexity reduced.
Requiring much physical effort; toilsome.
Causing annoyance or pain; irritating.
Dubious or ambiguous.
(nautical) The transportation of goods, especially in a boat or ship.
Having a high price or cost.
Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning.
Open to multiple interpretations.
distressing, worrying
Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
Not intuitive.
That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
Extremely annoying, frustrating or irritating
Causing frustration or anger.
Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
(historical) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) or of the Byzantine empire
(adv)
In a nightmarish manner.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
Strangely unconventional; highly unusual and different from common experience, often in an extravagant, fantastic, and/or conspicuous way.
Marked by heated arguments or controversy.
Unable to be predicted.
(uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
Ignorable; of little significance or value.
Having interesting qualities; captivating; attractive.
Not intuitive, not easily graspable by intuition
(informal) Annoying.
Full of danger.
Marked by irritation or annoyance; disagreeable; troublesome by reason of long continuance or repetition