DICTOMETER

KNOTTY

(knotty, nudoso, knudrete)

1. Synonyms:
   • Baffling
   • Elusive
   • Knotty
   • Problematic
   • Problematical
   • Tough
   Definitions:
   • making great mental demands
   • hard to comprehend or solve or believe
   Examples:
   • A baffling problem
   • I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
   • A problematic situation at home
   Antonyms:
   • Easy
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Gnarled
   • Gnarly
   • Knotted
   • Knotty
   • Knobbed
   Definitions:
   • used of old persons or old trees
   • covered with knobs or knots
   Examples:
   • Gnarled and knotted hands
   • A knobbed stick
   Antonyms:
   • Straight
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Byzantine
   • Convoluted
   • Involved
   • Knotty
   • Tangled
   • Tortuous
   Definitions:
   • highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Simple
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Knotty
   • Snarled
   • Snarly
   Definitions:
   • tangled in knots or snarls
   Examples:
   • A mass of knotted string
   • Snarled thread
   Antonyms:
   • Untangled