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knotty

/ knotty /
adjective satellite

Definitions & Examples

adjective satellite Sense 1
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve
"a baffling problem"
"I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
"a problematic situation at home"
Similar:
difficult hard
adjective satellite Sense 2
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
"gnarled and knotted hands"
"a knobbed stick"
Similar:
crooked
adjective satellite Sense 3
highly involved or intricate
"the Byzantine tax structure"
"convoluted legal language"
"convoluted reasoning"
"intricate needlework"
"an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"
"the plot was too involved"
"a knotty problem"
"got his way by lab"
Similar:
complex
Semantic Complexity
46%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
4
Total Relationships
4
Times Searched
2
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difficult hard crooked complex