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knotty
(redirected from knottiest)

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knot·ty  (nt)
adj. knot·ti·er, knot·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.

knotti·ness n.

knotty
Adjective
[-tier, -tiest]
1. full of knots
2. extremely difficult or puzzling: a knotty problem
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.knotty - making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
2.knotty - used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
3.knotty - highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
4.knotty - tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"
tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

knotty
Translations
knotty [ˈnɔtɪ] adj (fig) → complicado
knotty [ˈnɔtɪ] adj (fig) → épineux/euse
knotty [ˈnɔtɪ] knot adj (fig) (problem) → verwickelt
knotty [ˈnɔtɪ] adj (fig) → spinoso/a


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