Complicate - English meaning

Complicate – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Make (something) more complicated.
Usage examples:
Increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer
Synonims:
Make (more) difficult Make complex Make complicated Mix up Confuse Muddle Entangle Embroil Mess up Snarl up Screw up Perplex Embarrass Ravel

verb
To make something more difficult to deal with or do
Usage examples:
The rescue operation was complicated by bad weather., his recovery was complicated by his generally…

Complicate translation into English

Complicate: translate from English into Chinese

复杂的, 绞

Complicate: translate from English into Dutch

Compliceren, Ingewikkeld maken, Verwikkelen

Complicate: translate from English into French

Compliquer, Se compliquer

Complicate: translate from English into German

Komplizieren

Complicate: translate from English into Hindi

जटिल, उलझा, उलझाना, फंसाना, पेचीदा, असरल, लपेटना

Complicate: translate from English into Italian

Complicato, Complicare, Complicarsi, Ingarbugliare

Complicate: translate from English into Korean

복잡하다, 복잡하게 하다, 악화시키다

Complicate: translate from English into Russian

Усложнять, Осложнять

Complicate: translate from English into Spanish

Complicar, Enmarañar, Hacer difícil

Word origin

early 17th century (in the sense ‘combine, entangle, intertwine’): from Latin complicat- ‘folded together’, from the verb complicare, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

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Complicate – similar words

complicated

adjective
Consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate.
Usage examples:
A complicated stereo system

verb
Make (something) more complicated.
Usage examples:
Increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer

adjective
Having many parts that are organized in a way that may be difficult to understand
Usage examples:
A complicated machine/process, he gave me directions, but they were so complicated i got lost.

Complicated - all meanings in English

Complicate synonims

confuse

verb
Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.
Usage examples:
Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb
To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand
Usage examples:
You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

Confuse - all meanings in English

embarrass

verb
Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed.
Usage examples:
She wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene

verb
To cause someone to feel anxious, ashamed, or uncomfortable
Usage examples:
He knew that letter would embarrass him and later he tried to get rid of it., they sat in embarrass…

Embarrass - all meanings in English

embroil

verb
Involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.
Usage examples:
She became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew

verb
To cause someone or something to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation
Usage examples:
The un was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in another war.

Embroil - all meanings in English

entangle

verb
Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.
Usage examples:
Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled

verb
To trap something within something else from which it is difficult to escape
Usage examples:
A seal became entangled in the fishing net., fig. the movie explores the entangled (= mixed togethe…

Entangle - all meanings in English

muddle

verb
Bring into a disordered or confusing state.
Usage examples:
I fear he may have muddled the message

noun
An untidy and disorganized state or collection.
Usage examples:
The finances were in a muddle

noun
A messy and confused state
Usage examples:
Her life was in a muddle.

Muddle - all meanings in English

perplex

pəˈpleks

verb
Make (someone) feel completely baffled.
Usage examples:
She was perplexed by her husband's moodiness

verb
To cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not understood
Usage examples:
The symptoms of the disease have continued to perplex her doctors., just when it appeared that inte…

verb
To confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve
Usage examples:
The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

Perplex - all meanings in English

ravel

verb
Untangle or unravel something.
Usage examples:
Davy had finished ravelling out his herring net

noun
A tangle, cluster, or knot.
Usage examples:
A ravel of knitting

verb
To separate a knot, mass of threads, etc. into a single thread or threads
Usage examples:
It took daisy a long time to ravel out all the wool., mark's interference merely ravelled things fu…

Ravel - all meanings in English

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