complicate

[ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt]

Definition:
1. Make more complicated.
2. Make more complex, intricate, or richer.
3. To make something more difficult to do, understand or deal with.

Use 'complicate' in a sentence:

1. Any decision taken by them now, however well meant, could complicate the peace process.
2. Constant pressure and sanctions only complicate the problem.
3. My goodness but the Modern Woman does like to complicate things.
4. To the uninitiated the system seems too complicated.
5. Tanks are strongly built. It is a complicated and difficult process to break them up.
6. The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces.
7. To complicate matters further, I lost my ID card.
8. He always likes to complicate simple matters.
9. The Pakistan article in particular would complicate his life.
10. This will only complicate rather than solve this issue.
11. It would complicate the Fed's job of eventually shrinking its balance-sheet.
12. Any decision taken by them now, however well-meant, could complicate the peace process.
13. Just to complicate matters, there is a possibility of a post in Sao Paulo.
14. Four had no children to complicate their moral dilemmas.
15. But relying on the notion of rational investors seems to complicate matters.
16. Don't over complicate a good idea.
17. The other options simply complicate the situation and could land him with more expense.
18. The trailer was connected to the car by means of a complicated system of hoses, pipes and rods.
19. Next, let's look at how to complicate these details.
20. This requirement tends to complicate code design.
21. But the underlying data complicate this picture.
22. He was trying to ravel out the complicated series of events that had led to this situation.
23. Bad weather continues to complicate efforts to deal with oil spilling from the tanker.
24. The text is approachable, coping well with quite complicated subjects.
25. Side effects complicate the math required to prove program correctness.
26. Doing otherwise would complicate the code for no gain.
27. Don't complicate you life.
28. Don't complicate such an easy to understand concept.
29. I think that is because we unnecessarily complicate it.
30. There is no need to complicate matters.
31. To my way of thinking, it didn't seem as if it ought to be so terribly complicated.
32. We got lost when traveled in Peru. To complicate matters further, we cannot speak the local language.
33. But now I'll complicate the problem a bit.
34. While intelligent people can often simplify the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
35. She can deal with complicated numbers in her head, but we lesser mortals need calculators!
36. To complicate matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary.
37. His love life was complicated, and involved intense relationships.
38. Ray is a complicated, moody man behind the joking front.
39. The biology of these diseases is terribly complicated.
40. He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.
41. The situation in Lebanon is very complicated.
42. The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
43. To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.
44. It's all very complicated ─ but I'll try and explain.
45. My life is further complicated by having to work such long hours.
46. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
47. The situation was more complicated than they had at first realized.
48. The instructions look very complicated.
49. Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
50. The instructions were rather complicated.
51. Divorce is complicated enough in normal circumstances, but this situation is even worse.
52. What complicates the issue is the burden of history.