Byzantine (s)
convoluted (s)
involved (s)
knotty (s)
tangled (s)
tortuous (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
examples the Byzantine tax structure
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
convoluted legal language
convoluted reasoning
the plot was too involved
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
Oh, what a tangled web we weave Sir Walter Scott
tortuous legal procedures
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Outgoing links
Similar to complex
Derivationally related form tortuous → tortuousness
Derivationally related form knotty → knottiness
Incoming links
Similar to complex
Derivationally related form tortuousness → tortuous
Derivationally related form knottiness → knotty

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