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Tortuous

Tortuous is a 8 letter word, used as a adjective satellite, an SAT word with Latin origins, and has the letters oorsttuu (orstu). Starts with t, ends with s, four consonants, four vowels and three syllables.

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8 Letters
4 Consonants
4 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use tortuous as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
About Tortuous
A 3 syllables adjective satellite and 8 letters with the letters o, r, s, t, and u, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters tu. Tortuous starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters t, to, tor, tort, tortu, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, uous, tuous, ..
Definition
Not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
Origin/Roots
Latin
School Grade
Tortuous is set as a sat word that starts with t, ends with s, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
Pig Latin
Tortuous in Pig Latin is said as "ortuoustay or ortuoustway".
Unigram
t | o | r | t | u | o | u | s
Bigram
to | or | rt | tu | uo | ou | us
Trigram
tor | ort | rtu | tuo | uou | ous
Quadrigram
tort | ortu | rtuo | tuou | uous
Word Gram
Adjective Satellite Examples
not straightforward;
"his tortuous reasoning"
highly involved or intricate;
"the Byzantine tax structure";
"convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning";
"intricate needlework";
"an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology";
"the plot was too involved";
"a knotty problem";
"got his way by lab
marked by repeated turns and bends;
"a tortuous road up the mountain";
"winding roads are full of surprises";
"had to steer the car down a twisty track"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Tortuous"

There are 296 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to tortuous.

SynonymDefinition
Academican educator who works at a college or university
Affectedacted upon
influenced
Ambagiousroundabout and unnecessarily wordy
"had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"
"A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meaning
Ambiguoushaving more than one possible meaning
"ambiguous words"
"frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"
Anamorphous
Anfractuousfull of twists and turns
"anfractuous cliffs"
Arrestingcommanding attention
"an arresting drawing of people turning into animals"
"a sensational concert--one never to be forgotten"
"a stunning performance"
Artificialartificially formal
"that artificial humility that her husband hated"
"contrived coyness"
"a stilted letter of acknowledgment"
"when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
Askewturned or twisted toward one side
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
Asymmetriccharacterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from tortuous.
Anagram Definition
Tortuousnot straightforward
"his tortuous reasoning"

View English words with the unique letters used in tortuous. Words With The Letters Orstu

Similar Words

There are 1 words that are similar to "Tortuous".

Similar WordDefinition
Indirectnot direct in spatial dimension;
not leading by a straight line or course to a destination;
"sometimes taking an indirect path saves time";
"must take an indirect couse in sailing"

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