- adj. highly involved or intricate (view details)
- adj. resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity (view details)
- adj. relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear (view details)
Meaning 1: (adjective) highly involved or intricate
Usage Example(s): a knotty problem, an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology, convoluted legal language, convoluted reasoning, got his way by lab, intricate needlework, the Byzantine tax structure, the plot was too involved
Synonym(s): Byzantine ( what does Byzantine stand for? ), convoluted ( what does convoluted stand for? ), intricate ( what does intricate stand for? ), involved ( what does involved stand for? ), knotty ( what does knotty stand for? ), tangled ( what does tangled stand for? ), tortuous ( what does tortuous stand for? )
Similar(s): complex ( what does complex stand for? )
Meaning 2: (adjective) resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity
Usage Example(s): a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths
Synonym(s): labyrinthian, mazy ( what does mazy stand for? )
Similar(s): complex
Meaning 3: (adjective) relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear
Usage Example(s): labyrinthine deafness
Pertaining to: inner ear ( what does inner ear stand for? ), internal ear ( what does internal ear stand for? ), labyrinth ( what does labyrinth stand for? )
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