1) Byzantine 2) Complex 3) Convoluted 4) Far from direct 5) French word used in English 6) Intricate 7) Involved 8) Knotty 9) Labyrinthine 10) Not straightforward 11) Tangled
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1) Complex 2) Complicated 3) Crooked 4) Intricate 5) Mazy 6) Roundabout 7) Twisty 8) Winding
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turned every which way
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• (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful. • (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely. • (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. &bull...
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[Adjective] Long and complicated or twisted.
Example: His 'short cut' turned out to be a tortuous route through the countryside.
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twisted or bent
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1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. 'The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.' (Macaulay) ... 2. Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful. 'That course became somewhat lesstortuous,...
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(tor´choo-әs) twisted; full of turns and twists.
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twisted or bent
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Tor'tu·ous adjective [ Middle English
tortuos , Latin
tortuosus , from
tortus a twisting, winding, from
torquere ,
tortum , to twist: confer French
tortueux . See Torture.]
1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a
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Twisted; with irregular bending and twining.
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devious/not straightforwardÂ
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Type: Term Pronunciation: tōr′chū-ŭs Definitions: 1. Having many curves; full of turns and twists.
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turned every which way
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[
adj] - marked by repeated turns and bends 2. [adj] - not straightforward
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tortuous 1. With many turns or bends. 2. Extremely complex or intricate. 3. Devious or deceitful. Tortuous or torturous? Even though both words come ultimately from the same Latin word, meaning 'to twist', their meanings separate in English. A mountain pass is tortuous ('with many turns or bends'), and by figurative extension, a legal argument c...
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twisting adjective marked by repeated turns and bends; `a tortuous road up the mountain`; `winding roads are full of surprises`; `had to steer the car down a twisty track`
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marked by repeated turns and bends
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marked by repeated turns and bends
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