Their breasts erect they rear amid the deep, / their blood-red crests above the surface shine, / their hinder parts along the waters sweep, / trailed in huge coils and many a tortuous twine.
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Tortuous
/ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/
Synonyms for "tortuous" (168 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
affectedambagiousambiguousanamorphousanfractuousaskewasymmetricasymmetricalbedizenedbentbig-soundingbillowingbillowybowedcircuitouscircularcircumlocutorycockeyedcomplicatedcontorted
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Noun(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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Related words (84)
intricateinvoluteinvolutedinvolutionalinvolvedirregularjohnsonianlabyrinthinelexiphanicloftylopsidedluridmagniloquentmazymeanderingmeandrousmeretriciousmisleadingnonsymmetricone sided
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one-sidedorotundostentatiousoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedoverwroughtpedanticpompouspretentiousramblingrecurvaterecurvatedrecurvedrecurvingrhetoricalrivoserivuloseroundaboutruffledsensationalsensationalisticsententiousserpentineshowysigmoidsinuatesinuosesinuoussnakysonoroussprungstiltedtalltorsionaltortiletrickyturningtwistedtwistingtwistyundulantunstraightforwardunsymmetricunsymmetricalwanderingwarpedwavywhorledwindingwreathlikewreathyzigzag
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6 entriescircuitous argumentlaborious procedurelabyrinthine corridorlengthy explanationmeandering pathserpentine river
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6 entriestortuous argumenttortuous explanationtortuous pathtortuous processtortuous reasoningtortuous route
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2 entriesmore tortuousmost tortuous
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3 entriesSample sentences
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After three and-a-half years of tortuous negotiations and political chaos, Britain will officially leave the European Union at 11 o’clock in the evening London time Friday.
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After three-and-a-half years of tortuous negotiations and political chaos that forced the resignation of two prime ministers, Britain will officially leave the European Union at 11:00 p.m. London time Friday.
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Learning spelling in English is more tortuous than in other languages. Children suffer in hidden ways.
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