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complicates

VERB

confuse, make difficult

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convolute impede involve muddle obscure perplex upset

STRONG

bedevil clog combine confound derange disarrange disorder elaborate embroil entangle fold interrelate interweave jumble multiply ravel snafu snag tangle twist

WEAK

add fuel to fire foul up infold interfuse make intricate make waves mix up muck up open can of worms render unintelligible screw up snarl up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clear up enlighten explain order

STRONG

arrange clarify divide exclude free straighten uncomplicate untangle untwist

WEAK

disentangle ease facilitate make simple

Example Sentences

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Powell’s mere presence gives the administration a target it wouldn’t otherwise have and complicates Warsh’s task of taking command of an institution his predecessor had run for eight years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Netflix's new true crime documentary, suggests that in real life, love complicates everything.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“The circularity of the AI ecosystem further complicates adequate analysis.”

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

What complicates the social media trials is there are bona fide problems young people face when logging online and seeking retribution feels natural.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

But Bacon then complicates matters by using the adjective experimentalis to cover all knowledge grounded in experience; and he has no verb for ‘to experiment’ other than experiri.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton