convoluted Play adjective(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. SYNONYMS bafflingbewilderingByzantinecomplexcomplicatedconfusedconfusingDaedalianelaboratefiddlyGordianimpenetrableintricateinvoluteinvolvedlabyrinthineperplexingplottypuzzlingserpentinetangledtortuous