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Tortuous

//ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs//

Synonyms for "tortuous" (158 found)

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Informal (14)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(3 words)

tricky cockeyed showy

Adj, noun, slang(2 words)

wavy highfalutin

Adj, verb, slang(2 words)

General use (144)

Adj, noun(10 words)

irregular tall gaudy flamboyant rhetorical orotund sigmoid twisty Johnsonian geosynclinal

Adj, noun, verb(12 words)

wandering rambling roundabout affected meandering indirect twisting circular flaunting misleading involute curving

Adjective(71 words)

lurid fulsome cranky sensational labyrinthine deviative mazy devious sonorous pedantic pompous meretricious ambiguous pretentious snaky sententious flashy deceptive grandiose ostentatious

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Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

serpentine winding

Adj, verb(24 words)

twisted involved crooked distorted intricate warped stilted overwrought overdone convoluted overelaborate complicated bowed crumpled bedizened curved involuted incurvate contorted sinuate

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recurvate incurving curled recurved

Noun, verb(3 words)

turning billowing recurving

Adjective(10 words)

involved winding labyrinthine twisting byzantine knotty convoluted voluminous tangled twisty

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

high flown one sided high flying high sounding big-sounding high-flowing

Noun(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(1 words)

Verb(3 words)

crunched incurvated recurvated

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