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TORTUOUS
(adj.) not straightforward
"his tortuous reasoning"
(adj.) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"the Byzantine tax structure", "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship", "convoluted legal language", "convoluted reasoning", "the plot was too involved", "a knotty problem", "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering", "Oh, what a tangled web we weave", "tortuous legal procedures", "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
synonyms : byzantine , convoluted , involved , knotty , tangledShe could not follow his convoluted discourse. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) marked by repeated turns and bends
"a tortuous road up the mountain", "winding roads are full of surprises", "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
synonyms : twisting , twisty , voluminous , winding
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Mnemonics for tortuous
(Tag: ) a tortoise does not move in straight line... it keeps twisting and turning
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-1 (Tag: ) The Tortuous Spiral Maze, which had a lot of twists and turns, had everyone perplexed.
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-3 (Tag: ) The Tortuous Spiral Maze (which has a lot of twists and turns) had everynone perplexed.
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-2 (Tag: ) tortuous - torque(twisting)uous: full of twisting
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This is derived from Latin word tortus- which means twist added by arvind_4
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