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Full of twists and turns

Excessively lengthy and complex

Describing a cunning, sly, and deceitful behavior

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

Causing great physical or mental pain

Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary

Severe and difficult to cope with

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Adjective

Full of twists and turns

full of twists and turns

twisting and turning

long way around

taking the long way

circumlocutionary

at an oblique angle

disproportionate

disproportional

unevenly balanced

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“The nanofiller also creates a tortuous path for the penetration of gaseous vapors and liquids into the polymer.”

Adjective

Excessively lengthy and complex

difficult to follow

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

particularized^US

particularised^UK

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

incomprehensible

beyond comprehension

hard to understand

over one's head

impossible to understand

above your head

multidimensional

thought-provoking

as clear as mud

beyond one's grasp

clear as dishwater

state-of-the-art

hard to explain

out of your depth

hard to make out

between the lines

uninterpretable

all Greek to someone

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

all Greek to you

impossible to separate

pluridimensional

not easily understood

impossible to cope with

more sophisticated

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“We had countless tortuous internal meetings to prioritize and slog through the full set of 500 items.”

Adjective

Describing a cunning, sly, and deceitful behavior

“The tortuous politician skillfully weaved a web of deceit, manipulating the public with cunning and sly tactics.”

Adjective

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

energy-consuming

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

pick-and-shovel

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

full of problems

beset by problems

character-building

difficult going

no piece of cake

emotionally draining

life-threatening

causing discomfort

difficult to achieve

not to be borne

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Adjective

Causing great physical or mental pain

extremely painful

life-threatening

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

Abounding in words or containing more words than necessary

with the gift of the gab

having kissed the Blarney stone

circumlocutionary

full of verbiage

full of hot air

hyperventilated

having kissed the blarney stone

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

circumlocuitous

circumlocutional

circumlocutious

excessively communicative

having kissed the Blarney Stone

blessed with the gift of the gab

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Adjective

Severe and difficult to cope with

unfavourable^UK

energy-consuming

disadvantageous

pick-and-shovel

poverty-stricken

easier said than done

full of hardship

life-threatening

emotionally draining

like getting blood out of a stone

not comfortable

without vegetation

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