knotty

(nŏt'ē)
adj., -ti·er, -ti·est.

1. Tied or snarled in knots.
2. Covered with knots or knobs; gnarled.
3. Difficult to understand or solve. See synonyms at complex.

knottiness knot'ti·ness n.

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adjective

Difficult to understand because of intricacy: byzantine, complex, complicated, convoluted, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, labyrinthine, tangled. See simple/complex.

adj

Definition: troublesome
Antonyms: simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, untroublesome

IN BRIEF: adj. - Tangled in snarls; Making great mental demands; Highly complex or intricate.

Tutor's tip: The math teacher assigned the "naughty" (disobedient) student a particularly "knotty" (complex) problem.

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• Cuts, Sizes, Treatments, and Forms of Wood - knotty: (adj) designating lumber with cross-grained, rounded areas, or knots, formed by lump where branch grew out of tree trunk

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See words rhyming with "knotty."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - med knaster i, knastfyldt, knudret, knortet, indviklet, vanskelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
netelig, vol met knopen, moeilijk te verklaren

Français (French)
adj. - noueux (des mains, du bois), plein de n¯uds (une corde), épineux (un problème)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verknotet, knotig, knorrig, verheddert, heikel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ροζιάρικος, γρομπιαστός, περίπλοκος, δυσεπίλυτος

Italiano (Italian)
scabroso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - difícil, nodoso

Русский (Russian)
сучковатый, сложный, запутанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nudoso, espinoso, intrincado, difícil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - knutig, knotig, skrovlig, kvistig, kinkig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有结的, 多瘤的, 多节的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有結的, 多瘤的, 多節的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매듭이 있는, 혹이 많은, 분규중의, 해결이 어려운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 節の多い, 結び目の多い, もつれた, 節のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صعب و معقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסוקס, בעל סיקוסים, מסובך, מלא קשרים, קשה להסבר, חידתי‬

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