Tortuous
[TOR-choo-əs]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: French, late 14th century
1.
Full of twists and turns.
2.
Excessively lengthy and complex.
Examples of Tortuous in a sentence
"Their will-they or-won’t-they dynamic made for a tortuous romance."
"Maddie found taking the SAT to be a tortuous experience."
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