complicating

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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Supporters of current policy cite these provisions to argue that important child nutrition supports are being preserved and even made more flexible, complicating the narrative that children’s food assistance is uniformly being slashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026

Further complicating matters is the threat that the El Nino weather phenomenon poses to food supplies, and the persistent uncertainty around U.S. tariffs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Of course the bigger complicating factor is Sir Keir, who reiterated this morning that he would be a candidate in a leadership election.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

The eurozone’s economy contracted in the first quarter, driven by declines in output in Ireland and France, complicating the European Central Bank’s task as it seeks to cool rising inflation without unduly damaging economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Now, somehow, the same innovative spirit was being put to the opposite purpose: to hide the risk by complicating it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis