many-faceted

ADJECTIVE

elaborate

Synonyms

STRONG

busy complicated decorated detailed embellished exact fancy garnished imposing labored ornamented overdone overworked perfected refined sophisticated studied

WEAK

careful complex elegant extensive extravagant fussy high-tech highly wrought knotty labyrinthine luxurious minute ornate ostentatious painstaking plush posh precise prodigious showy skillful thorough with all the extras with all the options with bells and whistles

Antonyms

STRONG

easy facile natural simple uncultured unrefined unsophisticated

WEAK

general normal plain regular uncomplicated unelaborate uninvolved usual

Example Sentences

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Both Laurence and myself are the products of hybrid, many-faceted experiences which range from Edouard Gilssant and Aimé Césaire to Pasolini and Marguerite Duras.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2023

Yet its cuisine is rich and many-faceted, reflecting the various groups that have called the country home.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2021

Praised for his cunning plots, psychological complexity and flawed, many-faceted characters, Mr. le Carré also showed a deft hand for misdirection.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2020

Part-paean, part-study, this many-faceted portrait of Antarctica meshes crisp scientific writing with luminous images.

From Nature • Nov. 12, 2018

In front of his plate was a many-faceted crystal goblet.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

many-faceted

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