Tortuous : 구불구불한, 우여곡절이 많은, 길고 복잡한, 선회하는
Torturous : 고문의, 고통스러운
Tortuous
-> tortuously
-> it's got many turns
-> it twists backwards and forwards
-> tortuous winding road up the mountain
-> it's winding
-> it's twisting
-> it goes backwards and forwards
-> having many turns
-> it's very convoluted
-> to talk about a process that's long it's drawn out and it's not direct and simple
-> it's complicated
-> the film has very tortuous plot
-> his reasoning is very tortuous
-> it's not straightforward
-> it doesn't go for a to b
-> to go around
-> go back and forth
-> it's circuitous, roundabout
-> winding, complicated, twisted, difficult
-> tricky, indirectly, deceitful, morally not right
-> meandering backwards and forwads
-> serpentine, winding, zigzag, sinuous, twisty, not direct straightforward or honest
-> formality 6
Torturous
-> torturously, torture
-> very painful
-> involve a lot of sufferings and difficulties
-> torturous, harrowing, difficult, hard to bear
-> belonging to suffering
-> we were walking in the torturous heat
-> it was agonizing
-> it was excruciating
-> it was harrowing
-> it was really painful
-> that causes great pain
-> formality 5
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