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knotty

/'n/A/t/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, <i>knotty</i> timber; a <i>knotty</i> rope.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

    adj.all

    Examples
    I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast.
    Synonyms baffling elusive problematic problematical tough

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

    adj.all

    Synonyms gnarled gnarly knobbed knotted

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

    adj.all

    Examples
    A knotty problem.
    Synonyms byzantine convoluted involved tangled tortuous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. tangled in knots or snarls

    adj.all

    Synonyms snarled snarly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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