COMPLICATION Synonyms

• extreme effortfulness

• confusion resulting from failure to understand

• complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts

• a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts

• a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

• (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

• a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

• difficult to analyze or understand

• the quality of being intricate and compounded

• the quality of being intricate and compounded

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain

• the action of coiling or twisting or winding together

• an effort that is inconvenient

• the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

• an intricate and confusing interpersonal or political situation

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a difficult problem

• an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim

• the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

• a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering

• devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

• the quality of being difficult to do

• excessive sternness

• a light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races

• an obstacle that you are expected to overcome

• the act of jumping over an obstacle

• jump a hurdle

• preventing movement

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• a connection of inclusion or containment

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

• confusion resulting from failure to understand

• the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered

• darkening or obscuring the sight of something

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• deliberate interference