Tortuous and Tangled

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Tortuous adjective - Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.

Usage example: tortuous legal procedures

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Tangled is a synonym for tortuous. In some cases you can use "Tangled" instead an adjective "Tortuous".

Nearby Words: torturous, tort, tortuosity, tortuously

Tangled adjective - Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.

Usage example: "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott

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Tortuous is a synonym for tangled in confused topic. You can use "Tortuous" instead an adjective "Tangled".

Nearby Words: tangle, tangling, tangly

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