labyrinthine

English - Turkish

Definition of labyrinthine in English Turkish dictionary

labirent gibi

çok karışık

(Tıp) Labirent'e ait, labirentik, labyrinthicus

{s} dolambaçlı

English - English

Definition of labyrinthine in English English dictionary

resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze; twisting, convoluted, baffling, confusing, perplexing, bamboozling

1996: Mamet, like one of his characters, invents a labyrinthine, convoluted spiel leading nowhere, and like a magician distracts us with his words while elaborately not producing a rabbit from his hat. -- Review of American Buffalo, Roger Ebert.

{s} pertaining to a maze; like a maze; convoluted, complicated, winding

resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"

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"

Pertaining to, or like, a labyrinth; labyrinthal

If you describe a situation, process, or field of knowledge as labyrinthine, you mean that it is very complicated and difficult to understand. his failure to understand the labyrinthine complexities of the situation

resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze; twisting, convoluted, baffling,confusing,perplexing,bamboozling

relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness"

relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness

resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness

If you describe a place as labyrinthine, you mean that it is like a labyrinth. The streets of the Old City are narrow and labyrinthine

Related Terms

labyrinthine artery

a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth

labyrinthine fluid

The fluid separating the osseous and the membranous labyrinths of the inner ear

labyrinthine vein

veins that drain the inner ear

labyrinthine.

labyrinthic

Hyphenation

la·by·rin·thine

Turkish pronunciation

läbırînthin

Synonyms

complex, convoluted, elaborate, intricate, mazy, meandering, serpentine, sinuous, tangled, tortuous, twisting, wandering, winding, zigzag

Antonyms

simple, straight, straightforward

Pronunciation

/ˌlabərˈənˌᴛʜēn/ /ˌlæbɜrˈɪnˌθiːn/