convolute
verbTo twist or coil together; figuratively, to make tangled or complicated.
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To twist or coil together; figuratively, to make tangled or complicated.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTo remove the internal organs; figuratively, to strip away essential substance.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsAble to be drawn into wire or shaped; figuratively, easily led or influenced.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTo remove the internal organs; figuratively, to strip away essential content.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsNot allowing passage through; figuratively, unaffected by an influence.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsVery high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsNearsightedness; figuratively, a failure to consider wider or longer-term consequences.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsNearsighted; figuratively, failing to consider broader or longer-term consequences.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsSoft, boggy ground; figuratively, a difficult situation from which escape is hard.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsExtremely hungry; figuratively, intensely eager to obtain something.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsTo enter another person's property without permission; figuratively, to intrude on rights or boundaries.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsA thin outer layer; figuratively, a superficial appearance concealing what lies beneath.
Read it in a lessonSynonyms and related expressionsA rapidly rotating flow; figuratively, a powerful situation that draws things into it.
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