Knotty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tied or snarled in knots.
  • adj. Covered with knots or knobs; gnarled.
  • adj. Difficult to understand or solve. See Synonyms at complex.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Full of knots.
  • adj. Complicated or tricky; complex; difficult.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots
  • adj. Hard; rugged.
  • adj. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of knots; having many knots.
  • Hard; rugged.
  • Difficult; intricate; perplexing; involved.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
  • adj. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
  • adj. tangled in knots or snarls
  • adj. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
  • Equivalent
    crooked    difficult    hard    tangled    complex   
    Cross Reference
    complex   
    Variant
    knottier    knottiest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    knotted    hard    rugged    difficult    intricate    perplexed   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Amati    Bhatti    Candiotti    Kiribati    Lahti    Lottie    Marathi    Pavarotti    Scottie    Scotty   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gnarled    knobby    thorny    arthritic    spindly    vex    leafless    wither    gnarly    pudgy