tortuousness
61tortuous — [tôr′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < Anglo Fr < L tortuosus < tortus: see TORT] 1. full of twists, turns, curves, or windings; winding; crooked 2. not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky tortuously adv. tortuousness n …
62ambages — noun (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form, ↑archaism, ↑archaicism • Hypernyms: ↑way, ↑path, ↑way of life …
63complexity — noun the quality of being intricate and compounded (Freq. 10) he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers • Syn: ↑complexness • Ant: ↑simplicity • Derivationally related forms: ↑complex ( …
64complexness — noun the quality of being intricate and compounded he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers • Syn: ↑complexity • Ant: ↑simplicity (for: ↑complexity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
65distorted shape — noun a shape resulting from distortion • Syn: ↑distortion • Derivationally related forms: ↑distortionist (for: ↑distortion), ↑distort (for: ↑distortion) …
66involved — adjective 1. connected by participation or association or use (Freq. 23) we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved the problems involved the involved muscles I don t want to get involved everyone involved in… …
67tangled — adjective 1. in a confused mass (Freq. 5) pushed back her tangled hair the tangled ropes • Ant: ↑untangled • Similar to: ↑afoul, ↑foul, ↑ …
68tortuous — adj. 1 full of twists and turns (followed a tortuous route). 2 devious, circuitous, crooked (has a tortuous mind). Derivatives: tortuosity n. (pl. ies). tortuously adv. tortuousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L tortuosus f. tortus a twist (as… …
69twisting — I noun 1. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑distortion, ↑overrefinement, ↑straining, ↑torture • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
70twisty — adjective marked by repeated turns and bends a tortuous road up the mountain winding roads are full of surprises had to steer the car down a twisty track • Syn: ↑tortuous, ↑twisting, ↑winding, ↑voluminous …
