complicated

About 23.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Difficult or convoluted.

   It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.

2. adjective Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
3. verb simple past and past participle of complicate

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

Similar words

complex involved intricate elaborate tricky burdensome onerous arduous challenging difficult

Often followed by

by and than the to in with as for

Word family

complicatedly complicatedness complicatednesses