Canadian English Meaning of tortuous

tortuous

Other Canadian English words related to tortuous

synonyms

• curved
• curving
• serpentine
• Twisted
• Twisting
• winding
• bending
• crazy
• crooked
• curled
• curling
• curvy
• devious
• jagged
• sinuous
• Windy
• circling
• roundabout
• coiled
• coiling
• corkscrew
• indirect
• irregular
• loop
• meandering
• rambling
• roundabout
• spiral
• spiralling
• spiralling
• swirling
• uneven
• wandering
• Zigzag
• zigzag

antonyms

• direct
• linear
• straight
• right away

Definitions and Meaning of tortuous in English

Wordnet

tortuous (s)

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

marked by repeated turns and bends

not straightforward

Webster

tortuous (a.)

Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

Injurious: tortious.

Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

FAQs About the word tortuous

What is the Canadian English meaning of the word tortuous

tortuous

What is the English meaning of the word tortuous

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious, marked by repeated turns and bends, not straightforwardBent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; wi

What are the synonyms of the word tortuous

curved,curving,serpentine,Twisted,Twisting,winding,bending,crazy,crooked,curled

What are the antonyms of the word tortuous

direct,linear,straight,right away