Tatoeba is starting to look like one of Borges' labyrinthine libraries.
Source: tatoeba (733801)
Labyrinthine
//ˌlab.əˈɹɪn.θʌɪn//
Synonyms for "labyrinthine" (221 found)
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Strong matches (66)
curvesomecurviformcurvilinealcurvilinearcurvingcurvydaedaldeclamatorydepartingdesultorydeviantdeviatingdeviativedeviatorydeviousdigressivediscursivedistortedelaborateelevated
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Adjective(1 words)
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knottedknottylabyrinthallabyrinthiallabyrinthiclabyrinthicallabyrinthiformlexiphanicloftylopsidedloused upluridmagniloquentmany-facetedmattedmazymeanderingmeandrousmeretriciousmessed up
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mixed upmucked upmultifariousnonsymmetricone sidedone-sidedorotundostentatiousout-of-the-wayoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedoverwroughtpedanticperplexedperplexingplanetarypompouspretentiousramblingramifiedrecurvaterecurvatedrecurvedrecurvingrhetoricalrivoserivuloseroundaboutrovingruffledscrewed upsensationalsensationalisticsententiousserpentineshiftingshowysigmoidsinuatesinuosesinuoussnakysnarledsonoroussophisticatedsprungstiltedstraysubtleswervingtalltangledtanglytorsionaltortiletortuousturningtwistedtwistingtwistyundirectedundulantunsymmetricunsymmetricalvagrantveeringwanderingwarpedwavywhorledwindingwreathlikewreathyzigzag
Adjective(5 words)
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9 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- laberíntic adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- laberíntic adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迷路的 adj (relating to the inner ear)
Dutch
3 entries- als een doolhof adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- ingewikkeld adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
- verwarrend adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Finnish
4 entries- labyrinttikuvioinen adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- labyrinttimäinen adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
- monimutkainen adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
- rönsyilevä adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
French
1 entries- labyrinthique adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
German
1 entries- labyrinthartig adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
Greek
2 entries- δαιδαλώδης adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- λαβυρινθώδης adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
Hindi
1 entries- पेचीदा adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Italian
3 entries- labirintico adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- labirintico adj (relating to the inner ear)
- labirintico adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Polish
1 entries- labiryntowy adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
Portuguese
2 entries- labiríntico adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- labiríntico adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Russian
4 entries- запутанный adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
- лабиринтообразный adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- мудрёный adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
- сло́жный adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Spanish
2 entries- laberíntico adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- laberíntico adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Swedish
3 entries- förvillande adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
- labyrintisk adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
- labyrintisk adj (twisting, convoluted, baffling)
Volapük
1 entries- labürenik adj (physically resembling a labyrinth)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It seems as if dishonorable, labyrinthine, deliberately confusing economic policies have earned more support from the president than every physical and mental disability combined.
Source: tatoeba (813087)
Microsoft Corporation's headquarters in Redmond was like a university, when I was there. It was full of white and brown labyrinthine buildings amidst a forest.
Source: tatoeba (10465362)
A library during my time, but doesn't exist anymore, at my university, UBC, was Sedgewick Library, which was underground. It was labyrinthine, and there were booths where some students were smooching.
Source: tatoeba (10625403)
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