Knotty

Quick meaning: Knotty is an adjective meaning Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.

Meaning

Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.

More Meanings

1. Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly.
2. Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
3. Of an austere or hard nature; rugged.

Example Sentences

a knotty pine

a knotty problem

crop-headed, short-haired

Their heads are long, their haire curld, and ſeeming rather wooll, then haire; tis blacke and knotty: […]

Word Forms

• knottier
• knottiest

Synonyms for knotty

Depending on context, synonyms include intricate, thorny, complex, complexed, complicate, complicated.

Antonyms for knotty

Common opposites include simple, uncomplicated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include knotted, gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, labyrinthine, crooked.

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