complication UK /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/US /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ noun6 •The act or process of complicating. •The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. •A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it. •A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable. — 2013 •A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper. •(no longer used) A twisting or intertwining.the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes. — 1646 formscomplications