Thesaurus: tortuous

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1. a. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
2. a. Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
3. a. Injurious: tortious.
4. a. Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
5. adj. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
6. adj. marked by repeated turns and bends
7. adj. not straightforward
8. j:100 s. marked by repeated turns and bends s. not straightforward