Friday, September 26, 2008

TORTUOUS

winding, twisting

excessively complicated

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
SYN - byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled
"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

marked by repeated turns and bends
SYN - twisting, voluminous, winding
ANT - simple

Not straight forward

"how was he able to sift through this tortuous document in front of him, he needed to learn to be clearer and more verbose."

"the road to get there was so tortuous that he was forced to pay attention."

"It was almost as if he worked on making his plan this tortuous so that no-one would understand it enough to refute it."

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