English
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
Hyphenation: com‧pli‧cat‧ed
Adjective
complicated (comparative more complicated , superlative most complicated )
Difficult or convoluted .
It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
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Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
( biology ) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
Antonyms
Translations
difficult or convoluted
Arabic: مُعَقِّد ( muʕaqqid )
Armenian: դժվար (hy) ( džvar ) , բարդ (hy) ( bard )
Azerbaijani: mürəkkəb (az) , qəliz
Belarusian: склада́ны ( skladány )
Bulgarian: сло́жен (bg) ( slóžen ) , объркан (bg) ( obǎrkan )
Catalan: complicat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 複雜 / 复杂 (zh) , 复杂 (zh) ( fùzá )
Czech: komplikovaný (cs)
Dutch: ingewikkeld (nl) , gecompliceerd (nl)
Esperanto: komplika (eo)
Finnish: monimutkainen (fi) , sekava (fi)
French: compliqué (fr) , alambiqué (fr)
Georgian: გართულებული ( gartulebuli ) , აწეწილი ( ac̣ec̣ili ) , არეულ-დარეული ( areul-dareuli ) , ჩახლართული ( čaxlartuli ) , რთული ( rtuli )
German: kompliziert (de) , umständlich (de) , schwierig (de) , verzwickt (de) , undurchschaubar (de)
Greek: πολύπλοκος (el) m ( polýplokos ) , περίπλοκος (el) ( períplokos )
Ancient: πολύπλοκος ( polúplokos )
Hebrew: מסובך m ( mesubakh ) , מסובכת f ( mesubekhet ) , מורכב m ( murkav )
Irish: casta , aimpléiseach
Italian: complicato (it)
Japanese: 複雑 (ja) ( ふくざつ, fukuzatsu )
Korean: 복잡하다 (ko) ( bokjaphada )
Latin: complicātus , contortus
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Macedonian: сложен (mk) ( složen ) , компликуван ( komplikuvan )
Maori: takawhīwhiwhi , takawhiwhiwhiwhi , pōwhiwhi , pōwhīwhiwhi , pōwhiwhiwhiwhi , rīraparapa , matatini , manganga , whīwhiwhi
Norwegian: komplisert (no)
Persian: پیچیده (fa) ( pičide )
Polish: skomplikowany (pl) , złożony (pl)
Portuguese: complicado (pt)
Romanian: complicat (ro) m or n , alambicat (ro) m or n
Russian: сло́жный (ru) ( slóžnyj ) , запу́танный (ru) ( zapútannyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сложен
Roman: složen (sh)
Slovak: komplikovaný
Slovene: zapleten
Spanish: complicado (es)
Swedish: komplicerad (sv)
Tagalog: masalimuot
Telugu: క్లిష్టమైన ( kliṣṭamaina )
Thai: ซับซ้อน (th) ( sáp-sɔ́ɔn )
Ukrainian: складни́й ( skladnýj )
Vietnamese: phức tạp (vi) (複雜 )
Welsh: cymhleth (cy)
Verb
complicated
simple past and past participle of complicate
The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.