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tortuous |
Grep of noun tortuous tortuousness Overview of adj tortuous The adj tortuous has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous -- (highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months") 2. tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding -- (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") 3. tortuous -- (not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning") Antonyms of adj tortuous 3 senses of tortuous Sense 1 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous INDIRECT (VIA complex) -> simple Sense 2 tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding INDIRECT (VIA crooked) -> straight Sense 3 tortuous INDIRECT (VIA indirect) -> direct Similarity of adj tortuous 3 senses of tortuous Sense 1 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous => complex (vs. simple) Sense 2 tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding => crooked (vs. straight) Sense 3 tortuous => indirect (vs. direct) Attributes of adj tortuous Familiarity of adj tortuous tortuous used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj tortuous tortuous Overview of adj tortuous The adj tortuous has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous -- (highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months") 2. tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding -- (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") 3. tortuous -- (not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning")
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