German Meaning of tortuous

gewunden

Other German words related to gewunden

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

gewunden

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

gekrümmt,krümmend,serpentin,Verdreht,Verdrehen,Wicklung,Biegung,verrückt,krumm,gerollt

direkt,linear,gerade,sofort

tortuoslty => Krümmung, tortuosity => Windung, tortuose => gewunden, tortulous => verschlungen, tortrix => Wickler,