Complex and Mess

Complex

Complex verb - To make complex or difficult.
Usage example: there's no need to complex what should be a simple process for obtaining a building permit

Mess and complex are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a verb "Complex".

Mess

Mess verb - To interest oneself in what is not one's concern.

Complex and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Complex" instead a verb "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

How words are described

nice nice complex nice mess
usual usual complex usual mess
complete complete complex complete mess
entire entire complex entire mess
Other adjectives: real, violent, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, little, terrible, horrible, major, psychological, bloody, giant, resulting.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / JauntTrooper In the Future, We Still Have Roombas: Utility bots patrol the complex, cleaning up anything they deem a mess.
  • Denser and Wackier Supreme points out that he's a British comic book writer, and he'll just grow more and more complex until he becomes a convoluted mess.
  • Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: When Twilight uses complex words to describe her magic studies, Trixie accuses her of doing it to mess with her.
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