Antonyms for tortuous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tawr-choo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔr tʃu əs

Definition of tortuous

Origin : late 14c., from Anglo-French tortuous (12c.), from Latin tortuosus "full of twists, winding," from tortus "a twisting, winding," from stem of torquere "to twist, wring, distort" (see thwart).

adj very twisted
adj complicated

Example sentences :

The principle of nationality is emerging from the tortuous confusion of the ages.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

Dick, will you tell me what I do know, if I do not read every turn and trick of their tortuous nature?
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

The Fortymile is a very picturesque but most tortuous river.
Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck

Vermicular: worm-like, tortuous: resembling the tracks of a worm.
Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith

There was a winding stair of stone, narrow and tortuous, in one corner of the tower.
Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby

As Lafayette said, America was far away and the politics of Europe were tortuous.
Extract from : « Lafayette » by Martha Foote Crow

Its course was tortuous, winding in the shape of the letter S.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

Along the tortuous course of that stream she knew a hundred hiding-places.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

The zig-zags or tortuous trenches in the approach of a besieger.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

The road was tortuous, and wound round a jutting point of rock.
Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth

Synonyms for tortuous

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