complicated

B1
US /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ UK /ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
adj verb Freq #1958

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    difficult to analyze or understand

    a complicated problem

  2. 2
    adj

    Difficult or convoluted.

    It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.

  3. 3
    verb

    simple past and past participle of complicate

    The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.

  4. 4
    adj

    Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

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Derived forms complicatedlycomplicatednessnoncomplicatedovercomplicatedsemicomplicatedsupercomplicated

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