3
complicating(verb, adjective, complicating)
3
convoluted(adjective, complex, complicated, puzzling, confounding)
3
difficult(adjective, hard, complex, awkward, involved)
3
disarranging(verb, deranging, disordering)
3
disordering(noun, verb, deranging, disordering)
3
disorganizing(verb, deranging, disordering)
3
labyrinthine(adjective, hard, complex, tricky, complicated)
3
tangled(adjective, hard, complex, tricky, complicated)
3
tortuous
3
troubling(verb, awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable, deranging)
3
vague(uncertain, unclear, ambiguous, misleading)
2
Gordian
2
abashing
2
agitating(verb, deranging)
2
befoging
2
clouding
2
contradictory
2
discombobulated(characteristic, confusion, embarrassment)
2
discomfiting(adjective, awkward, uneasy, uncomfortable)
2
discomposing(verb, deranging)
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