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Synonyms for labyrinthine

Adjective

1. labyrinthine
usage: relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness"
2. labyrinthine, labyrinthian, mazy, complex (vs. simple)
usage: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"
3. Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous, complex (vs. simple)
usage: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "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"
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