Words with a similar base: knotty

'knotty'
[baffling.s.01] as in: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe


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



'knotty'
[gnarled.s.01] as in: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots


Examples:
gnarled and knotted hands
a knobbed stick



'knotty'
[byzantine.s.01] as in: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; - Sir Walter Scott


Examples:
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



'knotty'
[knotty.s.04] as in: tangled in knots or snarls


Examples:
a mass of knotted string
snarled thread



					

knotty (English)
├── -y (English)
│ └── -y (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── knot (English)


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