Tortuous synonyms and antonyms
tôr'cho͝o-əs
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straight (antonym)
Not altered, embellished, or modified:
uninvolved (antonym)
Feeling or showing no interest or involvement; unconcerned:
Cunningly treacherous or evil
Not straightforward; devious; crooked
Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
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Hard to deal with, complicated
crooked (related)
Not straight; bent; curved; askew
winding (related)
That winds, turns, coils, spirals, etc.
wicked (related)
(Slang) Strikingly good, effective, or skillful:
Made curved or crooked; not straight
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Of a long and winding route.
Not simple; involved or complicated
Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
Extremely involved; intricate; complicated
Complicated; intricate:
Of or constituting a labyrinth
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Indirect, circuitous or circumlocutionary; that does not do something in a direct way.
Having a wavy indented margin, as a leaf.
Spiral is defined as something that circles around a center point, creating a two or three dimensional curve.
Having the form of a zigzag
easy (antonym)
Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain:
straightforward (antonym)
The definition of straightforward is honest, direct and to the point.
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uncomplicated (antonym)
Not involving medical complications.
direct (antonym)
In the line of descent; not collateral.
untwisted (antonym)
twisted
Bending or winding alternately from side to side; sinuous.
Serpentine is defined as someone or something like a snake, or coiled and twisted like a snake.
Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
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Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
The definition of oblique is slanted or tilted direction. It also refers to something that is misleading or not straight to the point.
repetition (related)
Repeatedly curving in alternate directions
Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth century ad in the Byzantine Empire, characterized especially by a central dome resting on a cube formed by four round arches and their pendentives and by the extensive use of surface decoration, especially veined marble panels, low relief carving, and colored glass mosaics.
Complicated and difficult to unravel.
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
torturous (related)
tortuously (related)
drawn-out (related)
tedious (related)
long-winded (related)
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