knotty
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(satellite adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" |
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Synonyms: baffling, problematic, problematical |
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(satellite adjective) used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" |
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Synonyms: gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted |
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(satellite adjective) highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" |
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Synonyms: Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous |
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