What is another word for tortuous?
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɔːt͡ʃuːəs], [ tˈɔːtʃuːəs], [ t_ˈɔː_tʃ_uː_ə_s]
Synonyms for Tortuous:
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adj.
• complex • complicated • convoluted • crooked • deviating • divergent • punishing- Crucifying ,
- Disciplining ,
- Imprisoning ,
- Incarcerating ,
- Persecuting ,
- anguishing ,
- burdensome ,
- chastening ,
- confining ,
- distressing ,
- penalizing ,
- punishing .
- extreme ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more racking ,
- more struggling ,
- more tearing ,
- more torturing ,
- most racking ,
- most struggling ,
- most tearing ,
- most torturing ,
- torturing ,
- vehement .
- de touring ,
- de-touring ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more confounding ,
- more detouring ,
- more digressing ,
- more digressory ,
- most confounding ,
- most detouring ,
- most digressing ,
- most digressory ,
- re moved ,
- re-mote .
- implied ,
- in direct ,
- in-direct ,
- long drawn out ,
- long winded ,
- more circumlocutory ,
- more sidelong ,
- more snaking ,
- more vagrant ,
- most circumlocutory ,
- most sidelong ,
- most snaking ,
- most vagrant ,
- under hand ,
- under-hand .
Other synonyms:
- Meandrous ,
- anfractuous ,
- flexuous .
- snaky .
- roundabout .
Other relevant words:
- Big-sounding ,
- Circumambient ,
- Circumlocutional ,
- Curvate ,
- Curvated ,
- Curviform ,
- Daedal ,
- Daedalian ,
- Double-hearted ,
- Euphuistic ,
- False-hearted ,
- Flaunting ,
- Flexuose ,
- Geosynclinal ,
- Incurvated ,
- Incurving ,
- Inkhorn ,
- Involuted ,
- Lexiphanic ,
- Perjured ,
- Rivose ,
- Sinuose ,
- Snaking ,
- Sprung ,
- Torsional ,
- Tortile ,
- Tortive ,
- Undulant ,
- Undulatory ,
- Wreathy ,
- affected ,
- aimless ,
- amaze ,
- ambagious ,
- ambiguous ,
- anamorphous ,
- askew ,
- asymmetric ,
- asymmetrical ,
- auricular ,
- awry ,
- backhanded ,
- baffling ,
- beat ,
- bedizened ,
- bending ,
- bent ,
- bewilder ,
- billowing ,
- billowy ,
- bowed ,
- cabalistic ,
- circling ,
- circumlocutionary ,
- circumlocutory ,
- clandestine ,
- close ,
- cockeyed ,
- coil ,
- collateral ,
- commotion ,
- complex ,
- complicate ,
- complicated ,
- concealed ,
- confound ,
- confounding ,
- confuse ,
- confused ,
- confusing ,
- contorted ,
- contortion ,
- convolute ,
- convolution ,
- convolutional ,
- copious ,
- corkscrew ,
- corrupt ,
- crack ,
- craftily ,
- cranky ,
- crazy ,
- crooked ,
- crookedness ,
- crumpled ,
- crunched ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cunning ,
- curled ,
- curling ,
- curvaceous ,
- curve ,
- curved ,
- curvesome ,
- curvilineal ,
- curvilinear ,
- curving ,
- curvy ,
- daedalean ,
- dark ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- declamatory ,
- deformation ,
- deviative ,
- deviously ,
- deviousness ,
- difficult ,
- diffuse ,
- disconnected ,
- discursive ,
- dishonest ,
- disingenuous ,
- disjointed ,
- disorganized ,
- distorted ,
- diversionary ,
- double ,
- double-faced ,
- double-tongued ,
- dubious ,
- dumbfound ,
- elaborate ,
- elevated ,
- elusive ,
- endless ,
- enigmatic ,
- enlarge ,
- entangled ,
- enveloped ,
- erratic ,
- evasive ,
- expand ,
- fancy ,
- fishy ,
- flamboyant ,
- flaming ,
- flashy ,
- fling ,
- fulsome ,
- fussily ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- get ,
- gnarled ,
- gnarly ,
- gordian ,
- grandiloquent ,
- grandiose ,
- gyrate ,
- gyrus ,
- hidden ,
- high-flown ,
- high-flying ,
- high-sounding ,
- highfalutin ,
- illogical ,
- imperfectly ,
- in petto ,
- inarticulate ,
- incoherent ,
- incomprehensible ,
- incurvate ,
- incurved ,
- insidious ,
- interminable ,
- intricate ,
- inviolate ,
- involute ,
- involutional ,
- involve ,
- involved ,
- irregular ,
- jumbled ,
- knobbed ,
- knotted ,
- knotty ,
- labyrinthian ,
- lofty ,
- lop-sided ,
- lopsided ,
- lurid ,
- maelstrom ,
- magniloquent ,
- maundering ,
- maze-like ,
- mazy ,
- mediate ,
- meretricious ,
- mired ,
- misleading ,
- muddled ,
- mystic ,
- mystify ,
- nonsymmetric ,
- not straightforward ,
- occult ,
- one-sided ,
- ornate ,
- orotund ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- overelaborate ,
- overwrought ,
- particularly ,
- pedantic ,
- perfidious ,
- periphrastic ,
- perplex ,
- perplexing ,
- perverse ,
- pompous ,
- pretentious ,
- private ,
- privy ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prolix ,
- puzzling ,
- rambling ,
- recondite ,
- recurvate ,
- recurvated ,
- recurved ,
- recurving ,
- repetition ,
- revolve ,
- rhetorical ,
- rivulose ,
- rococo ,
- roll ,
- roving ,
- ruffled ,
- scolecoid ,
- scrambled ,
- secondhand ,
- secret ,
- sensational ,
- sensationalistic ,
- sententious ,
- serpent ,
- shiftily ,
- showy ,
- sidelong ,
- sigmoid ,
- sigmoidal ,
- sinuate ,
- sinuosity ,
- sinuousness ,
- slippery ,
- snake-like ,
- snakelike ,
- snarled ,
- snarly ,
- sonorous ,
- spin ,
- spiriferous ,
- spiroid ,
- squiggly ,
- squirming ,
- stilted ,
- swirl ,
- tall ,
- tangled ,
- tell ,
- timeserving ,
- torque ,
- torsion ,
- tortuosity ,
- tortuousness ,
- tough ,
- treacherous ,
- tricky ,
- tumble ,
- turn ,
- twist ,
- twisted ,
- twisty ,
- undated ,
- unfair ,
- unintelligible ,
- unorganized ,
- unscrupulous ,
- unsettled ,
- unsymmetric ,
- unsymmetrical ,
- verbose ,
- vermicular ,
- vermiculate ,
- vermiform ,
- voluminous ,
- vortex ,
- wandering ,
- warped ,
- wavy ,
- whirl ,
- wicked ,
- wiggly ,
- wind ,
- windy ,
- wordy ,
- wriggly ,
- wry .
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How to use "Tortuous" in context?
When one thinks about tortuous, specifically in reference to legal terminology, one might immediately picture those moments in popular American legal dramas in which the lawyers on the show are arguing over the wording of a procedural rule or Glossary definition, trying to find a way to trap their opponents in a binding contract or to gain an advantage in a lawsuit. Tortuous, however, can have a much broader definition that goes beyond the courtroom. Tortuous can refer to any situation or action that is difficult or, more precisely, time-consuming and/or difficult to navigate.
Paraphrases for Tortuous:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
convoluted.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
burdensome, crooked, onerous, tough.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
arduous, circuitous, complicated, cumbersome, difficult, laborious, painful.
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Adjective
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