intricate

intricate
Synonyms and related words:
Byzantine, Daedalian, Herculean, abstruse, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, anfractuous, arduous, baffling, balled up, bewildering, beyond one, blended, bothering, brutal, combined, complex, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, confounded, confounding, confused, confusing, conglomerate, convoluted, crabbed, cramp, critical, daedal, dappled, dedal, delicate, demanding, devious, difficile, difficult, discomposing, disconcerting, dismaying, distracting, disturbing, eclectic, elaborate, embarrassing, embrangled, enigmatic, entangled, equivocal, exacting, fancy, fifty-fifty, formidable, fouled up, garbled, gordian, hairy, half-and-half, hard, hard to understand, hard-earned, hard-fought, heterogeneous, implicated, indiscriminate, involuted, involved, ironic, jawbreaking, jumbled, knotted, knotty, laborious, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, loused up, many-faceted, many-sided, matted, mazy, mean, meandering, medley, messed up, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed up, motley, mucked up, multifaceted, multifarious, multinational, multiracial, mysterious, mystifying, no picnic, not easy, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, operose, ornate, overtechnical, patchy, perplexed, perplexing, perturbing, pluralistic, problematic, promiscuous, puzzling, ramified, rigorous, rococo, rough, roundabout, rugged, scrambled, screwed up, set with thorns, severe, sinuous, snarled, sophisticated, spiny, steep, strenuous, subtle, syncretic, tangled, tangly, thorny, thrown together, ticklish, toilsome, tortuous, tough, tricky, twisted, uphill, upsetting, varied, wicked, winding

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  • Intricate — In tri*cate, a. [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. {Intrigue}, {Extricate}.] Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intricate — [in′tri kit] adj. [L intricatus, pp. of intricare, to entangle, perplex, embarrass < in , in + tricae, vexations: see TRICK] 1. hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts, details, or relationships [an intricate problem] 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • Intricate — In tri*cate, v. t. To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intricate — I adjective complex, complicated, delicate, difficult, elaborate, involved, tangled, tricky II index complex, compound, elaborate, incomprehensible …   Law dictionary

  • intricate — early 15c., from L. intricatus entangled, pp. of intricare to entangle, perplex, embarrass, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + tricae (pl.) perplexities, hindrances, toys, tricks, of uncertain origin (Cf. extricate). Related: Intricately …   Etymology dictionary

  • intricate — complicated, involved, *complex, knotty Analogous words: perplexing, puzzling, mystifying, bewildering (see PUZZLE vb): tortuous (see WINDING): difficult, *hard, arduous Contrasted words: *easy, simple, light, smooth, facile, effortless: obvious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • intricate — [adj] complicated, elaborate abstruse, baroque, Byzantine*, can of worms*, complex, convoluted, Daedal*, difficult, entangled, fancy, hard, high tech*, involved, labyrinthine, obscure, perplexing, rococo, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, tricky; …   New thesaurus

  • intricate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very complicated or detailed. DERIVATIVES intricately adverb. ORIGIN from Latin intricare entangle , from tricae tricks, puzzles …   English terms dictionary

  • intricate — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin intricatus, past participle of intricare to entangle, from in + tricae trifles, complications Date: 15th century 1. having many complexly interrelating parts or elements ; complicated < intricate… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intricate — intricately, adv. intricateness, n. /in tri kit/, adj. 1. having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze. 2. complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make: an intricate machine. [1375 1425; late ME …   Universalium

  • intricate — 1. adjective /ˈɪn.trɪ.kət/lang=en having a great deal of fine detail or complexity The architecture of this clock is very intricate. 2. verb /ˈɪn.trɪ.kət/lang=en a) To become enmeshed or …   Wiktionary

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