Definition of tortuous
English to English adjective - Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - not straightforward
His tortuous reasoning.
source: WordNet 3.0 English to Tagalog adj - [tórtiuœs] Palikawlikaw; pasikotsikot
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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