Knotty Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Knotty

difficult
(Often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
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tricky
Adept at using deception
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involute
(Biology, of shells) Having a complex pattern of coils.
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complicated
The definition of complicated is someone or something that is hard to understand or something that is hard to untangle.
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troublesome
Characterized by or causing trouble, irritation, difficulty, distress, inconvenience, etc.
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byzantine
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.
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convoluted
Convoluted is something that is very complicted or involved with many details.
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daedal
Highly wrought
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involved
The definition of involved is complicated or confusing, or participating in, or connected with a close relationship.
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labyrinthine
Of or constituting a labyrinth
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tangled
Complicated and difficult to unravel.
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snarled
tangled in knots or snarls
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snarly
Snarling; bad-tempered; cross
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elusive
The definition of elusive is being difficult to grasp or retain.
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problematic
Having the nature of a problem; hard to solve or deal with
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tortuous
Highly involved; complex:
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gnarled
Knotty and twisted, as the trunk of an old tree
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gnarly
(US slang) Of music or a sound, harsh
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knotted
Puzzling; knotty
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knobbed
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
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bumpy
Full of bumps; rough; jolting
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bunched
Difficult to understand because of intricacy
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crossgrained
Difficult to understand because of intricacy
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hard
Lacking in shade; undiminished:
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intricate
Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate:
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nodal
Of or like a node or nodes
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nodule
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.
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puzzlingly
Difficult to understand because of intricacy
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Antonyms for Knotty

uncomplicated
Not involving medical complications.
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straightforward
The definition of straightforward is honest, direct and to the point.
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untroublesome
Not troublesome.
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Words Related to Knotty

complex
Difficult to understand for being intricate or involved; complicated:
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simple
Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
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thorny
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vexing
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ticklish
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Knotty Sentence Examples

  • Primarily, it was Jerome Shipton's severed climbing rope that remained a knotty question that wouldn't go away.

  • Their obscure and knotty language only serves to give peculiar brilliancy to the not uncommon passages of noble perspicacity.

  • If you don't pull enough string through initially, the string will wrap around the tuning peg too many times creating a knotty mess.

  • In addition to having specific grades of cedar, siding is further divided into clear and knotty varieties.

  • The trees, except in the Washoe Mountains, are of very slow growth and therefore knotty and ill-adapted for timber.

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