25 entries under winding topic. ×

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twisting(noun, verb, adjective, bent, crooked)
16
rambling(adjective, obscure, irregular, sophisticated, bent)
14
circuitous(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, ambiguous, around)
13
wandering(verb, adjective, complex, way, unsettled)
11
tortuous(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, ambiguous, devious)
10
roundabout(adjective, bent, devious, indirect, twisting)
9
sinuous(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, crooked, ambiguous)
8
serpentine(adjective, bent, crooked, ambiguous, sly)
7
crooked(adjective, uneven, ambiguous, unbalanced, bumpy)
6
flexuous
5
meandrous(adjective, river)
5
snaky
5
twisty(adjective, twisting, tortuous)
4
excursive(obscure, sophisticated, unsettled, complicated, circuitous)
4
nomadic(irregular, unpredictable, unreliable, wandering)
4
straying(verb, unsettled, circuitous)
3
circular(ambiguous, rambling, devious, indirect, incidental)
3
snaking(verb, adjective, irregular, crooked, ambiguous)
3
windy(adjective, dull, loose, talkative, prolix)
2
out-of-the-way(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous, tortuous)
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