Complexified

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To enhance the intricacy of an element or idea by adding complications and layers of detail To turn a straightforward concept into one that is markedly more intricate and involved To increase the complexity of a matter by introducing new facets or challenges
2. To make an object or idea more complicated by adding new parts or features
3. To increase the difficulty or involved nature of a concept by introducing additional elements

Etymology: Complexified is the simple past and past participle of complexify, which joins complex to the suffix -ify, from Old French -ifier and Latin -ificare, "to make." Complex came into English from French complexe, from Latin complexus, the past participle of complectī, "to embrace or encompass," so a complex thing is literally one with many parts woven together.

Synonyms: complicated, intricated, difficult, entangled, convoluted

Antonyms: simplified, clarified, straightforward, uncomplicated, easy