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(adj)
Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.
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Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
(n)
The imagination.
Abundant in growth or detail.
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
(often figurative) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
(figurative) Convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing.
(figuratively) Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
Mixed up, interlaced.
Difficult or convoluted.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
Skilful, ingenious, cunning.
Senses relating to tangible things.
Difficult, hard to do.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward; clumsy.
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
(of a problem) Impossible to solve.
Composed of elements; not simple.
(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.
Characterized by attention to detail and thoroughness of treatment.
Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
Tangled or twisted together.
That causes perplexity.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of snakes.
Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.
Winding or rambling.
Having multiple dimensions (aspects).
Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning.
Requiring dexterity to operate.
Anxious or particular about petty details; hard to please.
Entangled; intricate.
(figurative) Highly detailed.
Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
(chiefly informal) Pleasant, satisfactory.
(of a person) Having a lot of body hair.
Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
Having curls.
Entwined together; tangled.
Especially or extraordinarily fine or pleasing; exceptional.
(uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather.
(Judaism) Of or relating to the Talmud.
(informal) Capable of being finely or idly adjusted with the fingers.
Having frills; frilled.
Almost or imperfectly convoluted.
Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
Someone fancy, silly or attractive.
Allowing for or capable of negotiation.
(African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A dope fiend, a druggie.
Having relatively high density.
Characterized by minutiae, or small details.
A jewel.
Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
Involving creative design.
Characteristic of a contraption; complicated and precarious.
(uncountable) A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
(informal, of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot.
Of or pertaining to a rigmarole; excessively elaborate, protracted, or diffuse.
Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
Elaborately ornate; flowery.
Over-refined; (of ideas, expressions etc.) excessively stylised.
Very delicate.
Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
Extremely delicate.
Resembling a jigsaw puzzle in form or complexity
(uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the.
Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
Covered with sharp points.
Tied in knots.
delicate and subtle, with fine detail
Having filigree ornamentation.
Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
Having the nature of a puzzle.
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
(informal, of a person) Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details.
Shaped or arranged like a lattice.
(philosophy) A member of the medieval philosophical school of scholasticism; a medieval Christian Aristotelian.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
Senses referring to subjective quality.
(of a person, thing, situation, etc.) Causing irritation, annoyance, or discomfort; bothersome, irksome.
(chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
(of areas of discussion or research) Difficult, obscure.
(of processes) Developed, improved.
Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
Like a maze; labyrinthine.
Difficult to understand or explain; enigmatic or confusing; perplexing.
Strictly attentive to detail; meticulous or fastidious, particularly to codes or conventions.
Relating to casuistry (attempts to solve moral dilemmas by applying general rules).
Full of knots; knotty.
(figurative) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
(by extension) Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome.