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Showing words for TORTUOUS using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Tortuous

tortuous

7 Letter Words for Tortuous

routous, surtout

6 Letter Words for Tortuous

stroot, strout, torous, trouts, tutors

5 Letter Words for Tortuous

ottos, roost, roots, rotos, roust, routs, rusot, stoot, stout, strut, sturt, sutor, toots, toros, torot, torso, torts, torus, tours, tourt, toust, touts, troot, trots, trout, trust, turus, tutor, tutus

4 Letter Words for Tortuous

oots, orts, otto, otus, ours, oust, outr, outs, roos, root, rost, roto, rots, rous, rout, rust, ruts, soot, sort, sour, sout, stor, stot, stut, toot, toro, tors, tort, toru, toto, tots, tour, tout, trot, tuts, tutu, uroo, urus

3 Letter Words for Tortuous

oor, oos, oot, ors, ort, oto, our, ous, out, roo, ros, rot, rut, sot, sou, str, sur, too, tor, tos, tot, tou, trs, trt, tst, tur, tut, urs, ust, usu, uts, utu

Definitions for Tortuous

[1] full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
[2] not direct or straightforward, as in procedure or speech; intricate; circuitous: tortuous negotiations lasting for months.
[3] deceitfully indirect or morally crooked, as proceedings, methods, or policy; devious.
[4] twisted or winding a tortuous road
[5] devious or cunning a tortuous mind
[6] intricate

Words related to Tortuous

meandering, winding, convoluted, labyrinthine, circuitous, indirect, serpentine, twisting, tricky, bent, crooked, curved, roundabout, sinuous, snaky, zigzag, anfractuous, flexuous, involute, meandrous

Words nearby Tortuous

tortola, tortoni, tortricid, tortuga, tortuosity, tortuous, torture, torture porn, torturous, torula, torulopsosis

Origin of Tortuous

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin tortuōsus , equivalent to tortu(s ) a twisting (tor(quēre ) to twist, bend + -tus suffix of v. action) + -ōsus -ous

Words that may be confused with Tortuous

tortuous, torturous, (see, usage, note, at, torturous)

Other words from Tortuous

tor·tu·ous·ly , adverb
tor·tu·ous·ness , noun
non·tor·tu·ous , adjective
non·tor·tu·ous·ly , adverb
un·tor·tu·ous , adjective
un·tor·tu·ous·ly , adverb
un·tor·tu·ous·ness , noun

Synonyms for Tortuous

circuitous, convoluted, indirect, labyrinthine, meandering, serpentine, twisting, winding, anfractuous, bent, crooked, curved, flexuous, involute, mazy, meandrous, roundabout, sinuous, snaky, vermiculate, zigzag