complicated

[kom-pli-key-tid]

adjective

composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a complicated problem.

Origin of complicated

First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed²

Related formscom·pli·cat·ed·ly, adverbcom·pli·cat·ed·ness, nounun·com·pli·cat·ed, adjective

Synonyms for complicated

2. involved, tangled, knotty.

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British Dictionary definitions for complicatedness

complicated

adjective

made up of intricate parts or aspects that are difficult to understand or analyse

Derived Formscomplicatedly, adverbcomplicatedness, noun

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Word Origin and History for complicatedness

complicated

adj.

1640s, "tangled," from past participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel" is from 1650s.