1. extremely complex and difficult to follow or understand
2. having many twists and turns; coiled or twisted
Usage: technical

Examples

• The tax code is so convoluted that even experts struggle to understand it.
• Her convoluted explanation only made the problem more confusing.
• The plot of the movie was too convoluted to follow.
• He gave a convoluted answer when a simple yes or no would have sufficed.
• The convoluted path through the garden led visitors past every flower bed.
• The snake’s convoluted body coiled around the branch.