Shapes
Synonyms for tortuous
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
marked by repeated turns and bends
A tortuous road up the mountain.
The true synonym
winding
Same sentence, swapped: A winding road up the mountain.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for tortuous as it is used in the sentence above.
- tangled
- overwrought
- lurid
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