| VERB | change | complicate, perplex | make more complicated |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate | make more complex, intricate, or richer |
| Sounds | kaa'mplahkey.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | make more complicated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "There was a new development that complicated the matter" | |
| Synonym | perplex | |
| Narrower | complexify | make complex |
| snarl, snarl up, embrangle | make more complicated or confused / confused through entanglements | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | simplify | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent |
| Spanish | complicar | |
| Catalan | complicar | |
| Nouns | complication | the act or process of complicating |
| complication | a development that complicates a situation | |
| complication | a situation or condition that is complex or confused / confused | |
| complication | any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease | |
| Meaning | make more complex, intricate, or richer. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | refine, rarify, elaborate | |
| Narrower | develop | elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme |
| involve | make complex or intricate or complicated | |
| sophisticate | make more complex or refined | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | complicar, refinar | |
| Catalan | complicar, elaborar, refinar | |
| Nouns | complication | the act or process of complicating |
| complication | puzzling complexity | |
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