Knotty synonyms
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(Often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
Characterized by or causing trouble, irritation, difficulty, distress, inconvenience, etc.
Made up of parts intricately involved; hard to untangle, solve, understand, analyze, etc.
complex (related)
Difficult to understand for being intricate or involved; complicated:
Full of bumps; rough; jolting
bunched
Difficult to understand because of intricacy
crossgrained
Difficult to understand because of intricacy
Roughened, hardened, sinewy, etc., as hands that do rough work
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate:
Having or full of knots
nodal
Of or like a node or nodes
A small, rounded lump of a mineral or mixture of minerals that is distinct from and usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment. Nodules often form by replacement of a small part of the rocks in which they form.
puzzlingly
Difficult to understand because of intricacy
simple (antonym)
Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
straightforward (antonym)
The definition of straightforward is honest, direct and to the point.
untroublesome (antonym)
Not troublesome.
uncomplicated (antonym)
Not involving medical complications.
Of or belonging to the style of architecture developed from the fifth century ad in the Byzantine Empire, characterized especially by a central dome resting on a cube formed by four round arches and their pendentives and by the extensive use of surface decoration, especially veined marble panels, low relief carving, and colored glass mosaics.
Convoluted is something that is very complicted or involved with many details.
Highly wrought
Highly complex, detailed, or sophisticated
The definition of involved is complicated or confusing, or participating in, or connected with a close relationship.
Of or constituting a labyrinth
Complicated and difficult to unravel.
tangled in knots or snarls
Snarling; bad-tempered; cross
The definition of elusive is being difficult to grasp or retain.
Having the nature of a problem; hard to solve or deal with
Rugged or physically hardy.
Highly involved; complex:
(US slang) Of music or a sound, harsh
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
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