tortuous

adj 1: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure";

"convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning";

"an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the

plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his

way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled

web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal

procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for

months" [syn: {Byzantine}, {convoluted}, {intricate},

{involved}, {knotty}, {labyrinthine}, {tangled}]

2: 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" [syn: {twisting}, {twisty},

{winding}]

3: not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"