twistier
Having more bends
Twistier is the comparative form of twisty, describing something with more turns, curves, or bends than something else: The coastal route is twistier but more scenic.
It can also describe something more convoluted or complicated: The plot got twistier with each chapter.
Curving in repeated bends
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- curvingBending in arc
- snakingMoving in curves
zigzagging · coiling · spiraling · tortuous · labyrinthine · switchback · hairpin · contorted
Excessively complex or twisted
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- knottyComplex and difficult
- labyrinthineExtremely complex and winding
byzantine · entangled · complicated · maze-like · snarled · elaborate · interwoven · involuted
Causing false beliefs
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- trickyDifficult to handle
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- craftyCleverly deceptive
scheming · sly · duplicitous · slippery · wily · guileful · underhanded · sneaky
Impossible to understand
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
- bewilderingCausing utter confusion
cryptic · mystifying · obscure · riddling
serpentine
Curving in repeated bends
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- sinuousCurving in flowing turns
- curvingBending in arc
snaking · zigzagging · coiling · spiraling · tortuous · labyrinthine · switchback · hairpin · contorted · crooked
convoluted
Excessively complex or twisted
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- knottyComplex and difficult
labyrinthine · byzantine · entangled · complicated · maze-like · snarled · elaborate · interwoven · involuted · gnarly
misleading
Causing false beliefs
crafty · scheming · sly · duplicitous · slippery · wily · guileful · underhanded · sneaky · disingenuous
baffling
Impossible to understand
- perplexingCausing mental confusion
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
bewildering · cryptic · mystifying · obscure · riddling
- twisting someone's armPersuading through pressure
- twisting the knifeIntensifying someone's distress deliberately
- twisting and turningRotating while changing direction
- arm twistingForceful persuasion tactics
- twisting words
- twisting in the windAbandoned to public scrutiny