knotty

English Thesaurus

1. tangled in knots or snarls (adj.all)

similar	:	tangled,
definition	:	in a confused mass (adj.all)

2. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

similar	:	difficult, hard,
definition	:	not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure (adj.all)

3. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

similar	:	complex,
definition	:	complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts (adj.all)

4. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots (adj.all)

similar	:	crooked,
definition	:	having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned (adj.all)

5. tangled in knots or snarls (adj.all)

derivation	:	knot,
definition	:	any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	maze, snarl, tangle,
definition	:	something jumbled or confused (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	gnarl, knot,
definition	:	something twisted and tight and swollen (noun.shape)

6. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

derivation	:	formidability, toughness,
definition	:	impressive difficulty (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	job, problem,
definition	:	a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved (noun.state)

7. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

8. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots (adj.all)

derivation	:	gnarl, knot,
definition	:	something twisted and tight and swollen (noun.shape)

9. tangled in knots or snarls (adj.all)

derivation	:	knot,
definition	:	any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	maze, snarl, tangle,
definition	:	something jumbled or confused (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	gnarl, knot,
definition	:	something twisted and tight and swollen (noun.shape)

10. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (adj.all)

derivation	:	formidability, toughness,
definition	:	impressive difficulty (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	job, problem,
definition	:	a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved (noun.state)

11. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (adj.all)

derivation	:	complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness,
definition	:	puzzling complexity (noun.attribute)

12. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots (adj.all)

derivation	:	gnarl, knot,
definition	:	something twisted and tight and swollen (noun.shape)