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synonyms for complicates

  • convolute
  • impede
  • involve
  • muddle
  • obscure
  • perplex
  • upset
  • bedevil
  • clog
  • combine
  • confound
  • derange
  • disarrange
  • disorder
  • elaborate
  • embroil
  • entangle
  • fold
  • handicap
  • interrelate
  • interweave
  • jumble
  • multiply
  • ravel
  • snafu
  • snag
  • tangle
  • twist
  • 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
On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to complicates, such as: convolute, perplex, upset, muddle, involve, and impede.

antonyms for complicates

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  • clear up
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • order
  • arrange
  • clarify
  • divide
  • exclude
  • free
  • straighten
  • untangle
  • untwist
  • disentangle
  • ease
  • facilitate
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How to use complicates in a sentence

Evil complicates, by one knows not what hydra-headed monstrosity, the vast, cosmic whole.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGO
This factional struggle greatly complicates every revolutionary movement.
THE BEHAVIOR OF CROWDSEVERETT DEAN MARTIN
The matter in my mind complicates itself with the question of a universal ego.
THE LETTERS OF WILLIAM JAMES, VOL. 1WILLIAM JAMES
The question which complicates the decision is: When did Columbus consider his sailor's life to have ended?
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND HOW HE RECEIVED AND IMPARTED THE SPIRIT OF DISCOVERYJUSTIN WINSOR
"Yes, the lack of an It complicates games very much," said the ex-Pirate.
HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, OCTOBER 1, 1895VARIOUS
The fact of the word Jaszag in Magyar meaning a bowman complicates it.
OPUSCULAROBERT GORDON LATHAM
This complicates the machinery for the supply of wind, but adds greatly to the picturesque character of the instrument.
SOME ACCOUNT OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE IN SPAINGEORGE EDMUND STREET
It vastly hinders and complicates the work of construction, and adds greatly to the expense.
THE MODERN RAILROADEDWARD HUNGERFORD
It is clear that this hypothesis somewhat complicates electrostatics, but that it brings back into it gravitation.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE: SCIENCE AND HYPOTHESIS, THE VALUE OF SCIENCE, SCIENCE AND METHODHENRI POINCAR
Alas, a fresh act of dishonesty lately perpetrated in the bank, complicates matters.
THE SWORD OF DAMOCLESANNA KATHARINE GREEN
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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