📖 Definitions of "Convoluting"
verb
- 1
To make unnecessarily complex.
- 2
To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Convoluting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pervertverb | (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure |
| sophisticateverb | (transitive) (also reflexive) To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize. |
| convolveverb | (mathematics) To form the convolution of something with something else |
| twistverb | To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. |
| coiled | In the form of coils; having coils. |
| twist aroundverb | practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive |
| obfuscatingverb | To deliberately make more confusing in order to conceal the truth. |
| reifyingverb | (transitive) To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing. |
| coheringverb | (intransitive, figurative) To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. |
| overdeterminedverb | (of a problem or question) Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result. |
| cloyverb | (transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. |
| elidingverb | To leave out or omit (something). |
| vulgarizedverb | To make vulgar. |
| stultifiedverb | Made dull or unable to think and act properly; stupefied. |
| panderingverb | the act of expressing one's views in accordance with the likes of a group to which one is attempting to appeal. |
| ossifyingverb | (ambitransitive, animate) To become (or cause to become) inflexible and rigid in habits or opinions. |
| moralizedverb | (intransitive) To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral. |
| aggrandizingverb | (transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.). |
| foregroundingverb | a concept in literary studies that concerns making a linguistic utterance (word, clause, phrase, phoneme, etc.) stand out from the surrounding linguistic context, from given literary traditions, or from more urban knowledge. |
| dumbingverb | (transitive) To make stupid. |
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