complication

Definition

  • noun: something that makes something harder to understand, explain, or deal with
  • noun: a situation or a detail of character 'complicating' the main thread of a plot

Examples

  • She experienced 'complications' during her pregnancy.

  • The negotiations stalled when 'complications' arose.

  • The patient died of 'complications' from surgery.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) if only to get more time to work... ...on our vaccine. My lateness might as well have been absence. A course has already been taken. There are complications. Mulder saw one of the infected bodies we destroyed in Dallas. He's there now. Someone tipped him. Who? - Kurtzweil, we think. (..)
    1998 The X Files