tortuous

Adjective
  1. Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (synset 302184401)
    "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"
    similar to: complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
    same as: byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
  2. Marked by repeated turns and bends (synset 302321464)
    "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
    similar to: crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
    same as: twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding
  3. Not straightforward (synset 300772681)
    "his tortuous reasoning"
    similar to: indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action

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