noun
1. puzzling complexity
• Syn: ↑complicatedness, ↑complication, ↑knottiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tortuous, ↑knotty (for: ↑knottiness), ↑complicate (for: ↑complication), ↑complicated (for: ↑complicatedness)
• Hypernyms: ↑complexity, ↑complexness
2. a tortuous and twisted shape or position
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they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
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the acrobat performed incredible contortions
• Syn: ↑tortuosity, ↑torsion, ↑contortion, ↑crookedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑contortionist (for: ↑contortion), ↑contort (for: ↑contortion), ↑tortuous, ↑tortuous (for: ↑tortuosity)
• Hypernyms: ↑distorted shape, ↑distortion
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noun (-es) : the quality or state of being tortuous
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torˈtuousness noun
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Main Entry: ↑tortuous
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tortuousness noun [uncountable]
Main entry: tortuous
Useful english dictionary. 2012.