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Complex or complicated in nature

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

Pompous or overly wordy

Following a twisting or spiral course

Protracted, made to take a longer period of time than necessary

Having been coiled or curled into a roll

Rotating, turning or twisting around

Disorganized, not arranged in a neat or orderly manner

Made, growing, or arranged in curls or curves

To have made something more complex

Past tense for to fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers

Past tense for to twist or twine together (literally, physically or figuratively)

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Adjective

Complex or complicated in nature

incomprehensible

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

as clear as mud

hard to understand

thought-provoking

state-of-the-art

beyond comprehension

beyond one's grasp

hard to explain

above your head

over one's head

unstraightforward

particularized^US

particularised^UK

difficult to follow

uninterpretable

circumlocutionary

not easily understood

clear as dishwater

circumlocuitous

circumlocutional

circumlocutious

out of the ordinary

open to question

open to argument

impossible to understand

full of surprises

settling nothing

proving nothing

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

all Greek to you

hard to swallow

between the lines

on the back burner

yet to be decided

indistinguishable

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“The plot construction is a bit convoluted, but at the core, it is the unlikely romance between the aging Lothario and the formidable divorcee.”

Adjective

Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment

fraught with danger

playing with fire

hanging by a thread

jeopardizing^US

Russian roulette

jeopardising^UK

full of problems

beset by problems

like herding cats

on slippery ground

discountenancing

hanging in the balance

on a slippery slope

causing discomfort

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Adjective

Pompous or overly wordy

full of hot air

hyperventilated

highly decorated

over-embellished

excessively ornate

excessively ornamental

with the gift of the gab

having kissed the Blarney stone

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the Blarney Stone

running on at the mouth

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Adjective

Following a twisting or spiral course

twisting and turning

full of twists and turns

long way around

taking the long way

circumlocutionary

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Adjective

Protracted, made to take a longer period of time than necessary

seemingly endless

of considerable length

forever and a day

constantly recurring

world-without-end

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Adjective

Having been coiled or curled into a roll

Adjective

Rotating, turning or twisting around

Adjective

Disorganized, not arranged in a neat or orderly manner

disorganised^UK

disorganized^US

higgledy-piggledy

at sixes and sevens

all over the place

all over the shop

all over the lot

all over the map

every which way

discombobulated

utterly confused

like a bomb's hit it

like a dog's breakfast

like a dog's dinner

in total disarray

not in working order

without law and order

insurrectionary

not functioning properly

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Adjective

Made, growing, or arranged in curls or curves

rising and falling

ebbing and flowing

full of twists and turns

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Verb

To have made something more complex

discombobulated

made more difficult

muddied the waters

rendered uncertain

made complicated

muddied the waters of

rendered unintelligible

clouded the issue

made difficulties

distracted from

thrown up smoke screen

threw up smoke screen

threw a veil over

thrown a veil over

cast a shadow over

made indistinct

cast a shadow on

put out of sight

become indistinct

become less sharp

became indistinct

kept out of sight

become covered in condensation

made less distinct

blocked off the light to

enveloped in shadow

become overcast

became overcast

became less sharp

became covered in condensation

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“It's as though the writers, in seeking to make sense of their narrative, decided to convolute the issue instead.”

Verb

Past tense for to fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers

twisted and turned

wrenched out of shape

bent out of shape

formed into ringlets

formed a ring round

formed hoops with

bent into spirals

bent into whorls

made circles with

formed a hoop with

made a circle with

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“External sleeves may also be fitted to convolute bellows to eliminate dirt traps and protect the bellows against accidental damage or external corrosion.”

Verb

Past tense for to twist or twine together (literally, physically or figuratively)

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