tortuous
Adjective Satellite
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott
- "tortuous legal procedures"
- "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
- marked by repeated turns and bends
- "a tortuous road up the mountain"
- not straightforward
- "his tortuous reasoning"
Adj
- Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
- Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
- Injurious; tortious.
Adjective
- Full of twists and turns; excessively lengthy and complex.
Examples
- His opponent’s explanation of their strategy was TORTUOUS and hard to follow.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”).
Synonyms
Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding
Scrabble Score: 8
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