KNOTTY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • making great mental demands
   • hard to comprehend or solve
   Synonym(s)
   • baffling (what does baffling mean?)
   • problematic (what does problematic mean?)
   • problematical (what does problematical mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a baffling problem
   • I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
   • a problematic situation at home
   Similar To
   • difficult (what does difficult mean?)
   • hard (what does hard mean?)
2. Meaning
   • highly involved or intricate
   Synonym(s)
   • Byzantine (what does Byzantine mean?)
   • convoluted (what does convoluted mean?)
   • intricate (what does intricate mean?)
   • involved (what does involved mean?)
   • labyrinthine (what does labyrinthine mean?)
   • tangled (what does tangled mean?)
   • tortuous (what does tortuous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 To
   • complex (what does complex mean?)
3. Meaning
   • used of old persons or old trees
   • covered with knobs or knots
   Synonym(s)
   • gnarled (what does gnarled mean?)
   • gnarly (what does gnarly mean?)
   • knobbed (what does knobbed mean?)
   • knotted (what does knotted mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • gnarled and knotted hands
   • a knobbed stick
   Similar To
   • crooked (what does crooked mean?)