KNOTTY

• (adj.) tangled in knots or snarls

  "a mass of knotted string", "snarled thread"

  synonyms : snarled , snarly

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

  "a baffling problem", "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast", "a problematic situation at home"

  synonyms : baffling , elusive , problematic , problematical , tough

  Solving the Rubik’s cube was proving to be very problematic for her. -added by naila_inlas

  The elusive questions in the CAT examination were quite baffling. -added by priyavanjeri

• (adj.) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

  "the Byzantine tax structure", "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship", "convoluted legal language", "convoluted reasoning", "the plot was too involved", "a knotty problem", "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering", "Oh, what a tangled web we weave", "tortuous legal procedures", "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"

  synonyms : byzantine , convoluted , involved , tangled , tortuous

  She could not follow his convoluted discourse. -added by naila_inlas

  the candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues -added by nithi

• (adj.) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

  "gnarled and knotted hands", "a knobbed stick"

  synonyms : gnarled , gnarly , knobbed , knotted

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