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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicatedness |
| Synonyms: | complication, convolution, elaboration, entanglement, intricacy, involvement, multiplicity, ramification |
| Antonyms: | clarity, directness, ease, obvious, simplicity |
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| Main Entry: | can of worms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicated situation |
| Synonyms: | Gordian knot, Pandora's box, Pandora's box, complex problem, complexity, complication, difficult situation, difficulty, dog's breakfast, entanglement, hard nut to crack, headache, hornet's nest, hot water, hot water, mare's nest, mess, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, snafu, snake pit, snarl, trouble, troublesome problem, unpredictable situation |
| Main Entry: | complication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, complexity, confusion, development, difficulty, dilemma, drawback, embarrassment, entanglement, factor, intricacy, obstacle, problem, snag, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, peace, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | confusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disoriented state |
| Synonyms: | abashment, ado, anarchy, astonishment, bustle, chaos, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, consternation, daze, difficulty, disarray, discomposure, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, emotional upset, ferment, fog, fracas, haze, hodge-podge, imbroglio, intricacy, jumble, labyrinth, mess, mistake, muddle, mystification, pandemonium, perturbation, racket, riot, row, shambles, stir, stupefaction, surprise, tangle, trouble, tumult, turmoil, untidiness, upheaval, uproar, wilderness |
| Antonyms: | calm, clarity, composure, method, order, organization, orientation, system |
| Main Entry: | convolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loop, spiral |
| Synonyms: | coil, coiling, complexity, contortion, curlicue, flexing, gyration, helix, intricacy, involution, serpentine, sinuosity, sinuousness, snaking, swirl, tortuousness, twist, undulation, winding |
| Antonyms: | line, straightness |
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkward situation, awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, distress, egg on face, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat, hot water, impecuniosity, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, self-consciousness, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, unease, uneasiness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
| Main Entry: | entanglement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, predicament |
| Synonyms: | affair, association, cobweb, complexity, confusion, difficulty, embarrassment, embroilment, enmeshment, ensnarement, entrapment, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement, jumble, knot, liaison, mesh, mess, mix-up, muddle, snare, tangle, tie-up, toil, trap, web |
| Antonyms: | disentanglement, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | imbroglio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misunderstanding; fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, bickering, brawl, broil, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out, flack, involvement, knock-down-drag-out, miff, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in, soap opera, spat, squabble |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peacemaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
| Synonyms: | ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up, muss, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
| Antonyms: | enlightenment, order, organization |
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