knotty

1. superl. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope. Source: opted

2. superl. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. Source: opted

3. superl. Difficult; intricate; perplexed. Source: opted

4. adj. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe Source: wordnet

5. adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots Source: wordnet

6. adj. highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious Source: wordnet

7. adj. tangled in knots or snarls Source: wordnet

8. 1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope. 2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head.[R.] Rewe. 3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed. A knotty point to which we now proceed Pope. Source: webster

9. j:100 s. tangled in knots or snarls Source: ecdict

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