tortuousness

English Thesaurus

1. puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	complexity, complexness,
definition	:	the quality of being intricate and compounded (noun.attribute)

2. a tortuous and twisted shape or position (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	distorted shape, distortion,
definition	:	a shape resulting from distortion (noun.shape)

3. puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine,
definition	:	make more complex, intricate, or richer (verb.change)

derivation	:	baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough,
definition	:	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

derivation	:	tortuous,
definition	:	not straightforward (adj.all)

derivation	:	byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous,
definition	:	highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

derivation	:	complicated,
definition	:	difficult to analyze or understand (adj.all)

4. a tortuous and twisted shape or position (noun.shape)

derivation	:	contortionist,
definition	:	an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions (noun.person)

derivation	:	contort, deform, distort, wring,
definition	:	twist and press out of shape (verb.contact)

derivation	:	tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding,
definition	:	marked by repeated turns and bends (adj.all)

5. puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine,
definition	:	make more complex, intricate, or richer (verb.change)

derivation	:	baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough,
definition	:	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

derivation	:	tortuous,
definition	:	not straightforward (adj.all)

derivation	:	byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous,
definition	:	highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

derivation	:	complicated,
definition	:	difficult to analyze or understand (adj.all)

6. a tortuous and twisted shape or position (noun.shape)

derivation	:	contortionist,
definition	:	an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions (noun.person)

derivation	:	contort, deform, distort, wring,
definition	:	twist and press out of shape (verb.contact)

derivation	:	tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding,
definition	:	marked by repeated turns and bends (adj.all)