English-Thai Dictionary

convoluted

ADJ ที่ ซับซ้อน มาก  ที่ สับสน  ที่ ยุ่งยาก  intricate involved knotty ti-sab-son-mak

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONVOLUTED

CONVOLUTED Con "vo *lu `ted, a.

 

1. Having convolutions. beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. Pennant.

 

2. Folded in tortuous windings. A highly convoluted brain. North Amer. Rev.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

convoluted

con vo lut ed |ˈkänvəˌlo͞otid ˈkɑnvəˌludəd | ▶adjective 1 (esp. of an argument, story, or sentence ) extremely complex and difficult to follow: its convoluted narrative encompasses all manner of digressions. 2 chiefly technical intricately folded, twisted, or coiled: walnuts come in hard and convoluted shells. DERIVATIVES con vo lut ed ly adverb ORIGIN late 18th cent.: past participle of convolute, from Latin convolutus, past participle of convolvere ‘roll together, intertwine ’ (see convolve ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

convoluted

convoluted |ˌkɒnvəˈl (j )uːtɪd | ▶adjective 1 (especially of an argument, story, or sentence ) extremely complex and difficult to follow: the film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens. 2 chiefly technical intricately folded, twisted, or coiled: walnuts come in hard and convoluted shells. DERIVATIVES convolute verb, convolutedly adverb ORIGIN late 18th cent.: past participle of convolute, from Latin convolutus, past participle of convolvere ‘roll together, intertwine ’ (see convolve ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

convoluted

convoluted adjective his convoluted answers did nothing to help his credibility: complicated, complex, involved, elaborate, serpentine, labyrinthine, tortuous, tangled, Byzantine; confused, confusing, bewildering, baffling. ANTONYMS straightforward. WORD TOOLKIT See intricate . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

convoluted

convoluted adjective an extraordinarily convoluted narrative: complicated, complex, involved, intricate, elaborate, impenetrable, serpentine, labyrinthine, tortuous, tangled, Byzantine, Daedalian, Gordian; confused, confusing, bewildering, baffling, puzzling, perplexing; informal fiddly, plotty; rare involute. ANTONYMS simple, straightforward. WORD TOOLKIT convoluted See intricate . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

convoluted

c ó n vo l ù t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 ｟非難して ｠〈文章 理論 制度などが 〉複雑な, 入り組んだ, 難解な (complex 1 ).2 〈器具 装置などが 〉渦巻き状の, 複雑にねじれ折れ曲がった, 回旋状の .～ly 副詞 複雑に ; 回旋状に .