- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|253
- Abbreviations|0
88 entries under adjective topic. ×
| meandering(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| twisting(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| ambiguous(rambling, indirect, incidental, circuitous) | |
| bombastic(tedious, involved, surplus, diffuse) | |
| crooked(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| garrulous(talkative, wordy, prolix) | |
| lengthy(wordy, diffuseness) | |
| rhetorical(tedious, involved, diffuse, talkative) | |
| tedious(confused, involved, diffuse, pointless) | |
| twisted | |
| wandering(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| winding(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| zigzag(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| circumlocutional | |
| collateral(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental) | |
| deceitful | |
| equivocal | |
| erratic(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| euphemistic | |
| flatulent(wordy, diffuseness) |
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