tortuous

tortuous is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
2. adjective. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
3. adjective. Injurious: tortious.
4. adjective. Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
5. adjective. not straightforward

   "his tortuous reasoning"

6. adjective. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious- Sir Walter Scott

   "the Byzantine tax structure"

   "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"

   Synonyms: byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled

7. adjective. marked by repeated turns and bends

   "a tortuous road up the mountain"

   "winding roads are full of surprises"

   Synonyms: twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding

Synonyms

byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding

Common word forms

tortuously, tortuousness

Words from these letters

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