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tortuous
UK /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/ US /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
dark, english, other, pro
VERB + TORTUOUS
decided, seen
TORTUOUS + NOUN
battlefield, ups
PREP.
in, in, on, than
Definitions
adj
1
Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
The Southern acquired them because the little Class "B4" 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but short wheelbase on its books to take their place on the more tortuous of the dock lines.
2
Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
Infortunate ascendent tortuous.
3
Injurious; tortious.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
adjective — marked by repeated turns and bends
- twisting
- twisty
- winding
- voluminous
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
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The Southern acquired them because the little Class "B4" 0-4-0 tanks were finding heavy modern rolling stock more and more of a handful, and at war's end the railway had nothing of suitable power but
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2007 October 6, “Slogging on the Home Front”, editorial in The New York Times, It still takes almost half a year for the average veteran’s claim for disability benefits to be decided in a tortuous pro
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Learning spelling in English is more tortuous than in other languages. Children suffer in hidden ways.
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The five-year civil war has seen plenty of tortuous battlefield ups and downs.
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