All tortuous synonyms
torΒ·tuΒ·ous
T t adj tortuous
- anfractuous β characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
- intricate β having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- knurly β having knurls or knots; gnarled.
- indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- mazy β full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- agee β awry, crooked, or ajar
- daedal β skilful or intricate
- flexuous β full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- complex β Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
- daedalean β an Athenian architect who built the labyrinth for Minos and made wings for himself and his son Icarus to escape from Crete.
- daedalian β of Daedalus
- crooked β If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- convoluted β If you describe a sentence, idea, or system as convoluted, you mean that it is complicated and difficult to understand.
- catawampus β askew; awry
- devious β If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- circumlocutory β a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- involute β intricate; complex.
- high tech β high technology.
- high-tech β high technology.
- by way of β You use by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you have said or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of an introduction, you say it as an introduction.
- deviating β to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- byzantine β Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- deviative β tending to deviate or cause to deviate
- agonizing β Something that is agonizing causes you to feel great physical or mental pain.
- heteroclite β irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- gordian β pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- ambagious β ambiguous
- involved β very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
noun tortuous
- helix β a spiral.
- indirectness β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- curlicue β Curlicues are decorative twists and curls, usually carved or made with a pen.
- coiling β to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other: to coil a wire around a pencil.
- convolution β Convolutions are curves on an object or design that has a lot of curves.
- curvity β the state of being curved or bent
- involution β an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- circularity β having the form of a circle; round: a circular tower.
- helices β a native or inhabitant of Corinth.
- crookedness β The state of being crooked.
adjective tortuous
- wriggly β twisting; writhing; squirming: a wriggly caterpillar.
- zigzag β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- labored β of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
- longwinded β Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- yacking β to talk, especially uninterruptedly and idly; gab; chatter: They've been yakking on the phone for over an hour.
- laboured β productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- agonising β to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- meandering β to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- aberrative β Descriptive of an object or measurement that has deviated or been knocked, momentarily and sharply, from the more dominant, normal or expected course or trajectory to which it either has or is expected to return in the longer term.
- detouring β Present participle of detour.
- incurving β Present participle of incurve.
- winding β the act of winding.