INVOLVED
(adj.) connected by participation or association or use
"we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved", "the problems involved", "the involved muscles", "I don't want to get involved", "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"
(adj.) emotionally involved
(adj.) entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
"the difficulties in which the question is involved", "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
synonyms : mired(adj.) enveloped
"a castle involved in mist", "the difficulties in which the question is involved"
(adj.) 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", "tortuous legal procedures", "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
synonyms : byzantine , convoluted , knotty , tangled , tortuousShe could not follow his convoluted discourse. -added by naila_inlas
the candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues -added by nithi
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