| zigzag(adjective, bent, crooked, warped, devious) | |
| backhanded | |
| circumlocution(noun, speech, diffuseness) | |
| circumlocutionary(adjective, words, repetition, tautological) | |
| complicated(rambling, devious, indirect, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| equivocal | |
| excursive | |
| jaunt(noun, trip, swing, course, round) | |
| long(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| tour(noun, trip, journey, visit, expedition) | |
| wandering(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous, disjointed) | |
| ambages(circuit, diffuseness) | |
| complex | |
| convoluted | |
| erratic(adjective, rambling, circuitous, tortuous) | |
| flexuous | |
| labyrinthine | |
| merry go round(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb) | |
| misleading | |
| periphrase(noun, diffuseness, wordiness) |
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