Adjective convoluted has 2 senses
  1. convoluted - rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell"
    Antonyms:
    uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)
  2. Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous - highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
    Antonym: simple (indirect, via complex)
,Verb convolute has 2 senses
  1. convolve, convolute - curl, wind, or twist together
    --1 is one way to flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
    Derived form: noun convolution3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate - practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
    --2 is one way to denote, refer
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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