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knotty

('n/A/t/i/ )

adjective (a)

Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

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

Example:
I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast.

Synonym:
baffling, elusive, problematic, problematical, tough

source: wordnet30
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots(adj.all)

Synonym:
gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted

source: wordnet30
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious(adj.all)

Example:
A knotty problem.

Synonym:
byzantine, convoluted, involved, tangled, tortuous

source: wordnet30
tangled in knots or snarls(adj.all)

Synonym:
snarled, snarly

source: wordnet30

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