Question

tortuous The road over the mountains was long and dangerously tortuous, and as you rounded the sharp corners you could never see whether a huge truck might be barreling down toward you. ˈtɔrʧəwəs

Accepted Answer

(1) Having many twists, bends, or turns; winding. (2) Crooked or tricky; involved, complex. A labyrinth is a tortuous maze. The first labyrinth was built as a prison for the monstrous Minotaur, half bull and half man; only by holding one end of a thread was the heroic Theseus able to enter and slay the Minotaur and then exit. A tortuous problem, a tortuous history, and the tortuous path of a bill through Congress all have many unexpected twists and turns; a tortuous explanation or argument may be too crooked for its own good. Don't confuse tortuous with torturous, which means “tortured” or “painfully unpleasant”; tortuous has nothing to do with torture

word	tortuous
definition	(1) Having many twists, bends, or turns; winding. (2) Crooked or tricky; involved, complex.
eg_sentence	The road over the mountains was long and dangerously tortuous, and as you rounded the sharp corners you could never see whether a huge truck might be barreling down toward you.
explanation	A labyrinth is a tortuous maze. The first labyrinth was built as a prison for the monstrous Minotaur, half bull and half man; only by holding one end of a thread was the heroic Theseus able to enter and slay the Minotaur and then exit. A tortuous problem, a tortuous history, and the tortuous path of a bill through Congress all have many unexpected twists and turns; a tortuous explanation or argument may be too crooked for its own good. Don't confuse tortuous with torturous, which means “tortured” or “painfully unpleasant”; tortuous has nothing to do with torture
IPA	ˈtɔrʧəwəs

Tortuous Turns Crooked Labyrinth Half Twists Bends Winding