Meaning & Definition of Convoluted in English

1. Rolled longitudinally upon itself

• "A convolute petal"

2. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

• "The byzantine tax structure"

• "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"

• "Convoluted legal language"

• "Convoluted reasoning"

• "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"