convolutedness
State of twistedness
Convolutedness is the quality of being excessively complicated or intricate.
The word describes something so twisted or convoluted that it becomes difficult to follow or understand: The convolutedness of the tax code frustrates even accountants.
It emphasizes unnecessary complexity rather than inherent difficulty.
State of elaborate complexity
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
knotty · tortuous · serpentine · circuitous · meandering · involuted · recursion · nested
Something blocking the way
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
snag · challenge · maze · labyrinth · quagmire · predicament · conundrum · quandary
Tied rope fastening
- snarlHostile vocal threat
- tangleTwisted mass of strands
- webInterwoven filament structure
- meshInterlocking open weave
coil · braid · twist · interweaving · enmeshment · raveling · gnarl · spaghetti
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- puzzlementState of being baffled
- befuddlementState of utter confusion
incomprehension · obfuscation · opacity · muddlement · bafflement · mystification · discombobulation · flummox
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
byzantine · knotty · tortuous · serpentine · circuitous · meandering · involuted · recursion · nested · layered
obstacle
Something blocking the way
- impedimentThing that obstructs progress
- hindranceBarrier to progress
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
complication · snag · challenge · maze · labyrinth · quagmire · predicament · conundrum · quandary · dilemma
knot
Tied rope fastening
mesh · coil · braid · twist · interweaving · enmeshment · raveling · gnarl · spaghetti · jumble
bewilderment
State of being baffled
- perplexityMental state of confusion
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- puzzlementState of being baffled
befuddlement · incomprehension · obfuscation · opacity · muddlement · bafflement · mystification · discombobulation · flummox · nonplus
convolutednesssimplicity
Lack of complexity
straightforwardness · directness · plainness · simpleness · linearity
convolutednessclarity
State of being understandable
lucidity · perspicuity · clearness · transparency · intelligibility
involve, evolve, involved, revolution, involvement, convoluted, convolution, devolve, volute