convolutes
Tangles the meaning
Convolutes means twists, coils, or rolls together into a complex form.
More commonly, it means makes something unnecessarily complicated: Every explanation just convolutes the issue further.
The past participle convoluted appears far more often, describing things that are overly complex or tangled: a convoluted plot, convoluted reasoning.
Traps by intertwining
- muddlesCreates disorder or confusion
- obscuresMakes difficult to perceive
- confusesCauses mental disarray
- befuddlesCauses mental confusion
obfuscates · clouds · perplexes · tangles · knots · snarls · compounds · confounds
entangles
Traps by intertwining
- muddlesCreates disorder or confusion
- obscuresMakes difficult to perceive
- confusesCauses mental disarray
befuddles · obfuscates · clouds · perplexes · tangles · knots · snarls · compounds · confounds · mystifies
intricate
Elaborately detailed, many parts
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
- byzantineDauntingly intricate and devious
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
ornate · complex · involved · knotty · tangled · tortuous · involuted · sophisticated · nuanced · layered
coil
Wound circular arrangement
whorl · helix · volute · entwine · contort · twine · gyrate · meander · sinuous · serpentine
convolutessimplifies
Makes less complex
clarifies · streamlines · uncomplicated · untangles · distills
convolutesclarifies
Makes more understandable
elucidates · explicates · illuminates · explains · spells out
convoluted, convolution, convolute, convolutions, convoluting