Tortuous

Definition:

  • (a.) Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
  • (a.) Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
  • (a.) Injurious: tortious.
  • (a.) Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

Compare tortuous with other words:

tortulous vs. tortuous

torque vs. tortuous

tortuous vs. twistical

tortuous vs. turtle

tortuous vs. zigzag

tortuous vs. winding

tormentous vs. tortuous

direction vs. tortuous

tortuous vs. torture

circuitous vs. tortuous

bendy vs. tortuous

sinuous vs. tortuous

gemini vs. tortuous

capricorn vs. tortuous

tortuous vs. zodiac

oblique vs. tortuous

tortious vs. tortuous

injurious vs. tortuous

tortuous vs. turn

convoluted vs. tortuous

serpentine vs. tortuous

curved vs. tortuous

tortuous vs. windy

tortuous vs. torturous

meander vs. tortuous