tortuous

• Qui présente de nombreux détours et courbes, ou, au sens figuré, quelque chose d'excessivement compliqué et embrouillé.

Describes something that is full of twists and turns, or metaphorically, something that is excessively complex and devious.

1. Full of twists and turnsC1formal

   Having many bends, curves, or turns; winding.

   Sinueux, plein de détours

   • The tortuous mountain road made the journey slow and dangerous.
   • They followed a tortuous path through the dense forest.
   • The river's tortuous course carved deep gorges over centuries.

   Synonymescrookedcurvingcurvymeanderingserpentinesinuoustwistingtwistywindingzigzag

   Antonymesdirectstraight

2. Complex and difficultC2formal

   Extremely complicated, indirect, or hard to follow.

   Complexe et difficile

   • The legal argument was so tortuous that even the judge struggled to understand it.
   • She explained the tortuous process of obtaining a visa.
   • The plot of the novel was tortuous and full of unexpected twists.

   Synonymesbyzantinecircuitouscomplicatedconvolutedindirectintricateinvolvedknottylabyrinthinetangledtwisted

   Antonymescleardirectsimplestraightstraightforwarduncomplicated