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English noun: tortuousness

1. tortuousness (shape) a tortuous and twisted shape or position


SamplesThey built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs.
The acrobat performed incredible contortions.


Synonymscontortion, crookedness, torsion, tortuosity


Broader (hypernym)distorted shape, distortion

2. tortuousness (attribute) puzzling complexity


Synonymscomplicatedness, complication, knottiness


Broader (hypernym)complexity, complexness









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