complicates
Makes things harder
Complicates means makes something more complex or difficult to understand, deal with, or resolve.
A simple plan gets complicated when new factors arise: Her pregnancy complicates the decision to move abroad.
Medical conditions complicate each other when one worsens another's treatment.
What complicates matters is rarely welcome.
Cause mental disorientation
- perplexCause utter confusion
- bewilderCause utter confusion
- muddleDisordered, bewildered state
- obfuscateMake unclear intentionally
befuddle · confound · cloud · baffle · puzzle · obscure · mystify · disorient
Make a situation worse
- aggravateMake more severe
- worsenBecome more severe
- escalateIncrease in severity
- intensifyIncrease in degree
compound · deepen · heighten · inflame · magnify · amplify · increase · trouble
confuse
Cause mental disorientation
obfuscate · befuddle · confound · cloud · baffle · puzzle · obscure · mystify · disorient · fog
exacerbate
Make a situation worse
intensify · compound · deepen · heighten · inflame · magnify · amplify · increase · trouble · burden
entangle
Twist into confusion
implicate · involve · mire · entrap · snare · tangle · snarl · knot · web · intertwine
elaborate
Complex and detailed
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- layerSingle thickness of material
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
sophisticate · detail · refine · develop · enrich · expand · embellish · ornament · diversify · multiply
complicatessimplifies
Makes less complex
streamlines · uncomplicated · untangles · eases · disentangles
complicatesclarifies
Makes more understandable
explains · explicates · elucidates · clears up · makes clear
- it's complicatedDefies easy explanation
- not complicatedEasy to understand
- birth complicationsDangerous events during delivery
- overly complicated
- pregnancy complicationsHealth problems during gestation
- flu complicationsMedical problems following influenza
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