39 entries under ambiguous topic. ×

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winding(verb, adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated)
22
sinuous(adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated, crooked)
19
crooked(adjective, immoral, incidental, circuitous)
18
serpentine(adjective, straight, bent, crooked, repetition)
17
devious(adjective, straight, immoral, bent, crooked)
17
twisting(adjective, bent, crooked, devious)
16
circuitous(adjective, obscure, straight, sophisticated, crooked)
13
complicated(adjective, obscure, difficult, complex, sophisticated)
12
meandering(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, devious)
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zigzag(adjective, side, bent, crooked)
7
wandering(adjective, complex, rambling, intricate)
6
circular(adjective, straight, rambling, devious)
6
circumlocutory(adjective, tedious, involved, diffuse)
4
periphrastic(adjective, tedious, involved, indirect)
2
collateral(adjective, rambling, devious, indirect)
2
discursive(adjective, obscure, sophisticated, complicated)
2
sidelong(rambling, incidental, circuitous)
1
erratic(adjective, irregular, crooked, inclined)
1
implied(rambling, incidental, circuitous)
1
long-drawn-out(complex, rambling, intricate, incidental)
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