Knotty - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈnɑːtɪ|
Brit.
|ˈnɒtɪ|
adjective
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe (syn: baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough)
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (syn: byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous)
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
- used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots (syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted)- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious (syn: byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous)
a knotty problem
- tangled in knots or snarlsExtra examples
...the knotty problems that arise when every nation is part of the global marketplace...
...the candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues...
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
Word forms
adjective
comparative: knottier
superlative: knottiest
comparative: knottier
superlative: knottiest
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