Dictionary

1. (

• convolve ,
• convolute

) curl, wind, or twist together ;

2. (

• twist ,
• twist_around ,
• pervert ,
• convolute ,
• sophisticate

) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" ;

1. (

• convolute ,
• convoluted

) rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal" ;

2. (

• Byzantine ,
• convoluted ,
• involved ,
• knotty ,
• tangled ,
• tortuous

) 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" ;