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What is another word for
knotty
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Tangled with knots
Having a knobbly or gnarled surface
Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements
Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
Causing bother or frustration
Full of knots
Difficult
Ungroomed or untidy in appearance
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Adjective
▲
Tangled with knots
tangled
entangled
tangly
snarled
raveled
US
ravelled
UK
knotted
matted
twisted
tousled
unkempt
uncombed
entwined
intertwined
coiled
ratty
braided
disordered
gnarled
mussed up
felted
dishevelled
UK
natty
disheveled
US
kinky
rumpled
greasy
dirty
twined
knurly
wound
intertwisted
enmeshed
intricate
interwoven
interlaced
snarled up
meshed
clinched
tight
hitched
drawn
seized
furrowed
fastened
lassoed
bunched
warped
secured
tense
engaged
spliced
snagged
banded
clumped
looped
hard
clenched
linked
tied
perplexed
bent
clustered
knitted
whirled
lashed
taut
ruffled
shaggy
more ❯
“Hughes lowered the rope, and Ned chopped away part of the
knotty
net holding the crate.”
Adjective
▲
Having a knobbly or gnarled surface
bumpy
rough
rugged
knobbly
knotted
gnarled
lumpy
coarse
nodular
twisted
knobby
nodose
knurled
nodulous
uneven
craggy
bent
irregular
gnarly
broken
jagged
ragged
scraggy
roughened
pebbly
ridged
harsh
knaggy
contorted
crooked
distorted
rocky
stony
tortured
deformed
jaggy
unlevel
choppy
leathery
pitted
rutty
rutted
cragged
asperous
textured
protuberant
bony
cross-grained
not smooth
misshapen
weather-beaten
wrinkled
arthritic
out of shape
weathered
thrawn
wizened
wry
bulging
unsmooth
covered with lumps
gritty
indented
notched
scraggly
unpolished
coarse-grained
rough-hewn
holey
potholed
nicked
unfinished
abrasive
chapped
gravelly
scabrous
serrated
serrate
grainy
holed
shingly
dented
rock-strewn
scarred
denticulate
precipitous
sawtooth
eroded
hilly
crude
sharp
broken up
not flat
not level
saw-edged
mountainous
surfaced
raised
rock-bound
pitty
corrugated
pointed
barbed
spiked
steep
saw-toothed
snaggy
toothed
bobbly
spiky
cleft
scratched
marked
angular
pointy
pebble
blemished
riddled
hard
pockmarked
pocky
spotty
furrowed
not parallel
roughhewn
chiseled
US
chiselled
UK
strong-featured
rough-textured
serrulate
eaten away
crenulated
denticulated
fragmented
crenulate
disjointed
crenated
crenate
dentate
jerky
rockbound
inelegant
discontinuous
disconnected
flinty
lapidarian
bouldered
stonelike
petrous
boulder-strewn
lithic
rock-ribbed
abrupt
more ❯
“The 31-room lodge sits right on Lake Superior and is all Scandinavian, with hand-hewn beams, massive stone fireplaces, and guest rooms of high-gloss
knotty
pine.”
Adjective
▲
Detailed and complicated in design and planning, involving many carefully arranged elements
complex
complicated
intricate
difficult
hard
involved
baffling
convoluted
tangled
troublesome
mystifying
perplexing
Byzantine
involute
problematic
puzzling
taxing
tortuous
baroque
byzantine
complicate
daedal
elaborate
insoluble
labyrinthian
labyrinthine
obscure
sophisticated
unanswerable
unfathomable
impenetrable
involuted
problematical
formidable
Gordian
mazy
ramified
bewildering
confusing
thorny
entangled
abstruse
enigmatic
tricky
confused
detailed
Daedalian
fancy
cryptic
recondite
undecipherable
incomprehensible
inscrutable
serpentine
mysterious
mind-bending
difficult to understand
inexplicable
fiddly
confounding
paradoxical
esoteric
unclear
inextricable
jumbled
deep
mixed up
ticklish
full of twists and turns
winding
mixed
unaccountable
muddled
cumbersome
challenging
dense
wildering
tough
interlaced
beyond one
fathomless
abstract
ambiguous
opaque
messy
mind-boggling
hard to understand
profound
mystical
circuitous
disconcerting
mixed-up
multifarious
variegated
heterogeneous
hidden
concealed
awkward
twisted
impossible
worrying
dark
advanced
spiny
drawn-out
high-tech
ravelled
UK
knotted
long-drawn-out
multifaceted
raveled
US
unintelligible
refined
bamboozling
surprising
oracular
Daedalean
hi-tech
vexing
rambling
gnarly
enigmatical
unsolvable
thought-provoking
mazelike
devious
unwieldy
arduous
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthal
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
frustrating
bemusing
indivisible
inseparable
problem
subtle
composite
compounded
miscellaneous
multiplex
mosaic
mingled
multiple
manifold
multiform
conglomerate
motley
compound
delicate
trying
fiendish
kittle
insolvable
hairy
beyond you
full of surprises
plotty
long-winded
devilish
strange
odd
weird
devil of a
peculiar
clever
gimmicky
new
oblique
indissoluble
impossible to separate
hard to follow
inaccessible
hard to solve
beyond comprehension
beyond one's grasp
hard to explain
above your head
hazy
over one's head
funny
weighty
murky
serious
secret
uncanny
heavy
veiled
sinuous
thorough
ornate
clandestine
untold
rococo
nuanced
befuddling
particularized
US
painstaking
shadowy
extensive
full
particular
studied
covert
shrouded
maze-like
as clear as mud
chaotic
laboured
UK
exact
precise
perfected
careful
minute
skillful
US
prodigious
labored
US
circumstantial
skilful
UK
imposing
gingerbread
clouded
cloaked
can of worms
secretive
erratic
overworked
particularised
UK
many-faceted
overdone
arcane
unrevealed
scrambled
disordered
wild
anagogic
mystic
occult
cloak-and-dagger
black
Delphic
recherché
highly wrought
high tech
cabalistic
blow-by-blow
nebulous
disorganized
US
disorganised
UK
haywire
disarranged
topsy-turvy
equivocal
vague
elliptical
double-edged
unexplainable
elliptic
sibylline
fuliginous
unknowable
clear as mud
uncertain
doubtful
indistinct
misleading
indecipherable
indefinite
indeterminate
dubious
cabbalistic
unexplained
hermetic
inexplicit
evasive
curious
questionable
bizarre
clear as dishwater
hermetical
elusive
sphinxlike
beyond understanding
incognizable
imprecise
tenebrous
foggy
ungraspable
coded
impossible to understand
little known
inconclusive
gnomic
riddling
really hard
inconceivable
astonishing
rarefied
disorienting
queer
deceptive
inexplainable
unsolved
contradictory
false
cagey
apocryphal
Delphian
deceitful
debatable
ambivalent
arguable
equivocating
prevaricating
inexact
very hard
amphibological
sophistical
roundabout
blurred
circumlocutory
two-edged
casuistic
periphrastic
unimaginable
shifty
Greek to me
open to debate
mistakable
open to argument
casuistical
Greek
beats me
fuzzy
amazing
stunning
eye-popping
staggering
unintuitive
stupefying
astounding
unnatural
stealthy
unknown
inconsistent
undiscoverable
subjective
teasing
stumping
stickling
mysterial
ineffable
indescribable
undefinable
muddling
unresolvable
borderline
polysemous
polysemic
polysemantic
multivocal
blurring
unsettling
suspicious
uncomprehensible
unusual
uninterpretable
blurry
duplicitous
muddlesome
between the lines
unparalleled
extraordinary
freakish
freak
irresolvable
unresolved
unconcluded
technical
indecisive
illegible
incredible
illogical
freaky
fluky
unexplicit
muzzy
open
disreputable
far-out
not easily understood
spooky
rum
operose
strenuous
demanding
daunting
private
unrelatable
inner
without a solution
unable to be solved
unheard-of
unwonted
uncommon
acroamatic
orphic
magical
erudite
all Greek to someone
double Dutch
too hard to understand
too difficult to understand
off the wall
all Greek to you
gray
US
grey
UK
obfuscated
sketchy
woolly
UK
bleary
cloudy
fallacious
remote
imperfect
dim
wooly
US
weak
ill-defined
spurious
indirect
specious
delusive
delusory
slippery
wrong
inaccurate
illusory
deceiving
mock
cunning
shuffling
beguiling
deluding
dissembling
pseudo
distorted
disingenuous
intangible
stonewalling
elusory
noncommittal
misrepresentative
unstraightforward
indiscernible
non-committal
distracting
demagogic
catchy
more ❯
“The narrator's
knotty
and convoluted syntax wryly suggests the slightly confused tenor of Poupin's thought.”
Adjective
▲
Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
delicate
tricky
thorny
difficult
problematic
sensitive
sticky
ticklish
prickly
tough
hairy
problematical
awkward
touchy
dodgy
nasty
catchy
tricksy
spiny
troublesome
complicated
complex
intricate
hard
trying
taxing
involved
precarious
controversial
irksome
perplexing
bothersome
vexatious
convoluted
uncertain
dicey
worrying
uncomfortable
embarrassing
concerning
critical
upsetting
vexed
unpleasant
rough
chancy
risky
baffling
arduous
challenging
dangerous
volatile
onerous
iffy
fiddly
unstable
rocky
tight
bleak
dire
formidable
nettlesome
gnarly
hazardous
unpredictable
forbidding
perilous
distressing
dubious
disturbing
spartan
puzzling
demanding
strenuous
nice
heavy
uneasy
contentious
laborious
unsteady
touch-and-go
humiliating
capricious
fickle
temperamental
inconstant
mercurial
variable
changeable
compromising
intractable
loaded
painful
cringey
grim
grievous
rugged
operose
emotive
cringeworthy
awful
dark
disagreeable
punishing
worrisome
cringe-making
unfriendly
suspect
questionable
hostile
bitter
mystifying
paradoxical
harassing
severe
sophisticated
profound
wicked
catch-22
subtle
provocative
heated
like herding cats
divisive
scandalous
penetrating
searching
annoying
kid-glove
discomforting
checkered
US
chequered
UK
hair-trigger
disconcerting
flustering
discomfiting
demeaning
degrading
embarrassed
inconvenient
untimely
discountenancing
discomposing
quirky
undependable
excruciating
incommodious
exasperating
shameful
toe-curling
unmanageable
exacting
uncontrollable
gruelling
UK
ungovernable
rigorous
testing
grueling
US
toilsome
harsh
burdensome
uphill
backbreaking
incontrollable
murderous
herculean
fierce
moiling
insoluble
hellacious
tall
effortful
killer
austere
sweaty
Augean
out of control
murder
impossible to cope with
mean
out of hand
large order
pick-and-shovel
no picnic
heavy sledding
unsafe
parlous
treacherous
high-risk
fraught with danger
unsound
harrowing
insecure
wearisome
traumatic
nerve-racking
threatening
troubling
vexing
alarming
grave
stressful
wearing
exhausting
daunting
brutal
oppressive
tiring
hellish
cruel
weighty
fraught
serious
venturesome
shaky
tormenting
unsettling
draining
disquieting
tedious
sapping
perturbing
back-breaking
crushing
vulnerable
tense
speculative
erratic
dismaying
niggling
exposed
frustrating
pressured
unnerving
harrying
scary
fatiguing
torturous
galling
unchancy
tiresome
hot
agonizing
US
agonising
UK
anxious-making
playing with fire
reckless
menacing
irritating
unhealthy
unreliable
jeopardizing
US
daredevil
anxious
death-defying
jeopardising
UK
breakneck
enervating
agitating
hectic
compromisable
tottery
on thin ice
nerve-wracking
daring
easier said than done
slavish
torturesome
unendurable
killing
hanging by a thread
wearying
shattering
knackering
hard-won
toilful
drudgy
intolerable
labored
US
immense
extreme
upstream
energy-consuming
vicious
marathon
difficile
laboured
UK
vigorous
impossible
tortuous
cumbersome
crippling
high-pressure
Russian roulette
unsparing
prohibitive
anxiety-ridden
unremitting
really hard
tough going
problem
intimidating
Herculean
ominous
insufferable
bruising
merciless
titanic
mighty
dangersome
ponderous
gargantuan
not easy
unbearable
unforgiving
staggering
colossal
unyielding
ambitious
debilitating
jarring
intense
worksome
ugly
solemn
painstaking
distressful
very hard
ferocious
almighty
grinding
gigantic
savage
scabrous
depleting
uphill battle
unsettled
fluctuant
tender
incalculable
unsure
unclear
stiff
hardhanded
aggravating
inhuman
searing
charged
cliffhanging
suspenseful
shonky
a stinker of a
pestilent
exigent
endangered
jeopardous
defenceless
UK
defenseless
US
tickly
dolorous
bumpy
in danger
in jeopardy
unknown
doubtful
long shot
on slippery ground
wide-open
out on a limb
itchy
confronting
distressed
afflictive
scratchy
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
in the balance
harmful
nagging
lethal
haphazard
emotionally draining
troublous
high-impact
backbreaker
like getting blood out of a stone
more ❯
“The problem thus became both
knotty
and sensitive and it needed a delicate handling.”
Adjective
▲
Causing bother or frustration
bothersome
aggravating
annoying
vexatious
vexing
exasperating
galling
irritating
distressing
irksome
maddening
rankling
troublesome
infernal
irking
thorny
tiresome
troubling
trying
worrisome
abrasive
inconvenient
niggling
pesky
riling
taxing
tedious
wearisome
awkward
carking
chafing
confounded
difficult
disturbing
frustrating
incommodious
nettlesome
nettling
peeving
tricky
demanding
pestiferous
pestilent
pestilential
plaguy
cussed
harrasive
pesty
plaguey
rebarbative
displeasing
provoking
infuriating
objectionable
grating
unsettling
traumatic
harassing
unpleasant
worrying
upsetting
wretched
repugnant
painful
troublous
deplorable
unwelcome
antagonizing
US
discouraging
enraging
challenging
jarring
forbidding
puzzling
perturbing
lamentable
problematic
harrying
burdensome
tormenting
nagging
disagreeable
afflicting
disappointing
concerning
mean
festering
antipathetic
teasing
ugly
wicked
wearing
unsatisfying
unattractive
impossible
antagonising
UK
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Full of knots
knurry
Adjective
▲
Difficult
scabrous
difficult
flaky
UK
flakey
US
leprous
mangy
rough
rugged
treacherous
Adjective
▲
Ungroomed or untidy in appearance
disheveled
US
slovenly
unkempt
dishevelled
UK
scruffy
untidy
daggy
shaggy
frowzy
messy
ragged
scraggly
shabby
sloppy
ungroomed
bedraggled
blowsy
dirty
draggletailed
sleazy
tangled
blowzy
knotted
matted
ruffled
slatternly
tangly
uncombed
wrinkled
ill-groomed
badly groomed
worse for wear
ill-clad
badly dressed
poorly dressed
inappropriately dressed
draggle-tailed
hanging loose
rumpled
tousled
dowdy
mussed
windblown
disarrayed
disarranged
disordered
windswept
unbrushed
in a mess
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