How do you pronounce tortuous?

tortuous is pronounced as /ˈtɔːrtʃuəs/.

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tortuous

🌀tortuous (tortchouas)

adjective

/ˈtɔːrtʃuəs/

tortueux, complexe (tortueux, complexe)

tortoise torture

Signification

Full of twists and turns; excessively complex or complicated.

Traduction de la signification

Plein de virages et de tournants ; excessivement complexe ou compliqué

Phrases d'exemple

The tortuous mountain road made driving very difficult.

La route tortueuse de montagne rendait la conduite très difficile.

Synonymes

winding, twisting, convoluted, complex, meandering

Antonymes

straight, direct, simple

Collocations

tortuous path, tortuous route, tortuous reasoning, tortuous journey

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causing problems; troublesome; difficult to deal with

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having little thickness or width

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