Complicate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Complicate is a verb meaning (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
Meaning
(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
- (medicine, transitive) To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.
- (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
- (obsolete) Intertwined.
Example Sentences
The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate, how wonderful, is Man!
Word Forms
- complicates
- complicating
- complicated
Synonyms for complicate
Depending on context, synonyms include intricate, entangle, embroil, involve, mix up, mire.
Antonyms for complicate
Common opposites include decomplexify, simplify, uncomplicate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include elaborate, perplex, refine, rarify, complex, confuse.
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