COMPLICATING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

complicating

verb

present participle of complicate

as in intensifying

to make complex or difficult the need to go to both a PTA conference and condo board meeting really complicates tonight's schedule

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as in deepening

to make more severe asthma that has recently been complicated by a bout of bronchitis

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Recent Examples of complicating The response unfolds in a region long threatened by armed groups that have kept a large part of the population on the run and control a major city where Ebola cases have been confirmed, complicating health workers’ catch-up efforts to trace the outbreak. —

Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 There is a complicating factor. —

Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 20 May 2026 On land, brokers report strikes landing near — and in some cases on — data centers and manufacturing facilities, complicating claims under both property and cyber policies. —

Contessa Brewer,dawn Giel, CNBC, 19 May 2026 In addition to their lack of vaccines, some of the Indigenous suffered from malnutrition and other complicating factors for measles, the health officials said. —

Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 That happens simply because Earth revolves, but the planets also move across the sky, further complicating things. —

Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 May 2026 That would add a complicating layer. —

Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2026 In those systems, atoms can leak into non-computational states or be lost entirely, complicating the syndrome patterns that a decoder must interpret. —

Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 The Canucks, however, have had a habit of complicating the relationship of fans with various franchise legends. —

Thomas Drance, New York Times, 12 May 2026

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The funding round came amid intensifying competition from major players like Microsoft and Amazon, as well as a wave of AI-native startups including fellow 2026 Disruptor Perplexity.

— Michelle Castillo, CNBC, 19 May 2026
There’s concern that the amount of water needed to cool Stratos facilities could further drain the Great Salt Lake, intensifying exposure to toxic sediments in the rapidly shrinking watershed.

— Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2026