| Main Entry: | tortuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very twisted |
Synonyms: |
anfractuous, bent, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curved, flexuous, indirect, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, meandrous, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, twisting, vermiculate, winding, zigzag |
| Notes: | tortuous is 'winding, crooked, full of twists and turns' and torturous (based on 'torture') is 'painful, characterized by suffering' |
Antonyms: |
direct, straight, untwisted |
| Main Entry: | tortuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, convoluted, cunning, deceptive, devious, indirect, involute, involved, misleading, perverse, roundabout, tricky |
Antonyms: |
easy, straightforward, uncomplicated, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | rolled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made into a roll |
Synonyms: |
arched, bent, bowed, coiled, convoluted, curled, curved, folded, furled, involute, spiraled, twisted, voluted, wound |
Antonyms: |
spread, straight, unrolled |
| Main Entry: | involute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complex |
Synonyms: |
Daedalian, byzantine, circuitous, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, confused, conglomerate, convoluted, daedal, elaborate, entangled, heterogeneous, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, manifold, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mixed-up, mosaic, motley, multifarious, multiform, multiple, multiplex, tangled, tortuous, variegated |