complicated applies to what offers great difficulty in understanding, solving, or explaining.

(Definition of complicated from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

1. composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus. 2. difficult to analyze, understand, or explain: a complicated problem.

COMPLICATED definition: composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex. See examples of complicated used in a sentence.

complicated in American English (ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪtɪd ) adjective made up of parts intricately involved; hard to untangle, solve, understand, analyze, etc.

Definition of complicated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Simple past tense and past participle of complicate. The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.

When things get complicated, they are no longer simple and straightforward. If you are asked a question that would require a long, detailed answer, you might just say, "It's complicated."

difficult to analyze, understand, or explain: a complicated problem. complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions. difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a …

COMPLICATED meaning: hard to understand, explain, or deal with having many parts or steps