knotty

Definition of knotty

Adjectives

making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
"I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
Synonyms:
baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough
difficult, hard
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Synonyms:
gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted
crooked
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"a knotty problem"
Synonyms:
Byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous
complex
complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
tangled in knots or snarls
Synonyms:
snarled, snarly
tangled
in a confused mass

Vocabulary Lists for knotty

GRE Super 4800 Plus »(4851 words)
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Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
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WordMasters: Grade 3 Blue Division Jan-Feb '09 »(25 words)
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John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" Chapters 10-16 »(102 words)
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Julius Caesar, Act I Scene I »(282 words)
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The Marvellous Land of Oz »(2070 words)
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Words that contain knotty

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