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- pronunciation:
- tor
chu
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
changing direction frequently; twisting, winding, or crooked, as a path.
The donkeys made their way down the tortuous path to the base of the canyon.- synonyms:
- crooked, meandering, sinuate, sinuous, twisting, winding
- antonyms:
- straight
- similar words:
- curvy, labyrinthine, serpentine, undulating, zigzag
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| definition 2: |
not easy to follow; not straightforward; devious.
I wasn't sure whether I agreed with his tortuous argument in favor of capital punishment.- synonyms:
- deceptive, devious, indirect, sinuous
- antonyms:
- straightforward
- similar words:
- ambiguous, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, evasive, misleading
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| related words: |
circuitous, intricate, wavy |
adverb + (adj.)tortuous
fairly, increasingly, particularly, personally, pretty, rather, sometimes, ultimately
(adj.)tortuous
+ noun
agreement,
alley,
battle,
climate,
climb,
construction,
course,
dark,
debate,
decade,
delay,
detail,
dirt,
discussion,
effort,
hearing,
journey,
justice,
lap,
lesson,
logic,
mean,
mile,
mountain,
negotiation,
path,
procedure,
process,
progress,
ravine,
reconciliation,
relationship,
road,
roadway,
route,
run,
sentence,
situation,
trail,
turning
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| derivations: |
tortuously (adv.), tortuousness (n.) |
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