10
ambiguous(adjective, complex, immoral, crooked, complicated)
10
intricate(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
10
snaky(adjective, straight, repetition, twisted, convolution)
9
complex(adjective, difficult, sophisticated, involved, dense)
9
knotty(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
9
mazy(adjective, obscure, complex, sophisticated, crooked)
9
rambling(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, bent, complicated)
8
tangled(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
8
twisty
7
bent(adjective, twisted)
7
deceitful(adjective, immoral)
7
tricky(adjective, difficult, complex, sophisticated, involved)
7
wandering(adjective, complex, ambiguous, rambling, intricate)
6
ambagious
6
circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, rambling, devious)
6
circumlocutory(adjective, tedious, involved, ambiguous, diffuse)
6
curvy
6
meandrous(adjective, straight, repetition, twisted, winding)
6
oblique(adjective, straight, bent, devious, indirect)
5
deceptive(adjective, complicated)
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