What is another word for tortuous?
469 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɔːt͡ʃuːəs], [ tˈɔːtʃuːəs], [ t_ˈɔː_tʃ_uː_ə_s]
Tortuous is a word that describes something that is twisted, winding, or full of curves. It can also mean complicated, confusing, or difficult to understand. Some synonyms for this word include convoluted, circuitous, meandering, labyrinthine, serpentine, and intricate. These words are all used to describe something that is not straightforward or easy to follow. Other synonyms for tortuous include indirect, roundabout, devious, and winding. These words all convey the idea that something is taking a long and winding path to reach its destination. Whether you are describing a physical journey or a complicated problem, any of these synonyms for tortuous will help you to paint a vivid picture for your audience.
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.
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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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Other Related
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Adjective
arduous, circuitous, complicated, cumbersome, difficult, laborious, painful.
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Adjective
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