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As an adjective, complicated means difficult or convoluted.
Meanings of complicated
3 meaningsadjective
Difficult or convoluted.
“It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.”
biologyFolded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Difficult to analyze or understand
“a complicated problem”
“complicated Middle East politics”
“he's more complex than he seems on the surface”
Similar: complex
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of complicate
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: difficult to analyze or understand
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