tortuous
/ˈtɔrtʃuəs/
adjective
- Full of twists, turns, or bends; winding.
- The tortuous river carved a deep canyon over millions of years.
- Driving on tortuous mountain roads requires patience and skill.
- We followed a tortuous path through the dense forest.
- Excessively complicated, long, and indirect (used figuratively).
- Her tortuous explanation only made the problem harder to understand.
- The contract was filled with tortuous legal language that confused everyone.
- The movie had a tortuous plot that jumped back and forth in time.
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