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complicate
[ verb kom-pli-keyt; adjective kom-pli-kit ]
verb (used with object)
- to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult:
His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
adjective
- complex; involved.
- Entomology. folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects.
complicate
verb
- to make or become complex
adjective
- biology folded on itself
a complicate leaf
- a less common word for complicated
Other Word Forms
- ··dz··ٱ verb (used with object) overcomplicated overcomplicating
- ·dz··ٱ verb (used with object) precomplicated precomplicating
- ·dz··ٱ verb (used with object) recomplicated recomplicating
- ܲ·dz··ٱ verb (used with object) uncomplicated uncomplicating
Word History and Origins
Origin of complicate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of complicate1
Example Sentences
She added she still feels the same way today, to an extent, but that things had "gotten a little more complicated" as she had gotten older regarding "inflammation and health stuff."
"But the logistics of this are all very, very complicated, not least trying to figure out everyone's sleep schedules!"
Seton Hunt told jurors that this was not a complicated case.
Like many lapsed Catholics, my relationship to the Church is complicated.
But, he continued, the matter of how long to sign for was complicated by the cycle of broadcasting rights for matches.
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