tortuous
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- winding, circuitous, convoluted, indirect, mazy, meandering, serpentine, sinuous, twisting, twisty
- complicated, ambiguous, convoluted, devious, indirect, involved, roundabout, tricky

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Related Words: involute, vermiculate, cranky, involved

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tor‧tu‧ous /ˈtɔːtʃuəs $ ˈtɔːr-/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; ⇒ torture¹]

1. a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along:
a tortuous path over the mountains to Kandahar

2. complicated and long and therefore confusing:
The book begins with a long, tortuous introduction.
—tortuously adverb

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