convoluted

con·vo·lut·ed  (knv-ltd)

adj.

1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.

2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.

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convoluted [ˈkɒnvəˌluːtɪd]

adj

1. (esp of meaning, style, etc.) difficult to comprehend; involved

2. wound together; coiled

convolutedly  adv

convolutedness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	convoluted - rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal" convolute phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
	2.	convoluted - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" tortuous, tangled, knotty, Byzantine, involved complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

Translations

convoluted [ˈkɒnvəˌluːtɪd] ADJ [shape] → enrollado, enroscado; [argument] → enrevesado

convoluted [ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd] adj

[argument, sentence, style, plot] → alambiqué(e)

[idea, system] → alambiqué(e)

convoluted

adj

(= involved) → verwickelt; plot also → verschlungen; theory also → kompliziert; style → gewunden

(= coiled) → gewunden; shell → spiralig aufgewunden

convoluted [ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd] (frm) adj (shape) → attorcigliato/a, avvolto/a; (argument) → involuto/a

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convoluted [ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd] (frm) adj (shape) → attorcigliato/a, avvolto/a; (argument) → involuto/a