Letters that make tortuous
s, o, r, t, u are letters that make 'tortuous'
3 possible definitions for 'tortuous'
Under this definition, tortuous is an adjective and has the following properties:
complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness, complication are derivatives of 'tortuous'.
indirect is similar to tortuous.
"his tortuous reasoning"
Under this definition, tortuous is an adjective and has the following properties:
voluminous, twisting, twisty, winding have the same meaning as 'tortuous'
tortuosity, crookedness, tortuousness, torsion, contortion are derivatives of 'tortuous'.
crooked is similar to tortuous.
"a tortuous road up the mountain", "winding roads are full of surprises", "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
Under this definition, tortuous is an adjective and has the following properties:
knotty, involved, tangled, convoluted, Byzantine have the same meaning as 'tortuous'
complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness, complication are derivatives of 'tortuous'.
complex is similar to tortuous.
"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"- Sir Walter Scott, "tortuous legal procedures", "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"