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单词 knotty
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Knotty
adj satadj.allmaking great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Synset:baffling elusive problematic problematical tough
Examples:
  • a baffling problem
  • I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
  • a problematic situation at home
Antonyms:easy
Derivationally Related Form:knottinessproblemtoughness
Inherited Hypernyms:baffling
Similar to:difficult hard
adj satadj.allused of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Synset:gnarled gnarly knobbed knotted
Examples:
  • gnarled and knotted hands
  • a knobbed stick
Antonyms:straight
Derivationally Related Form:gnarl
Inherited Hypernyms:gnarled
Similar to:crooked
adj satadj.allhighly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Synset:Byzantine convoluted involved tangled tortuous
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 - Sir Walter Scott
  • tortuous legal procedures
  • tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Antonyms:simple
Derivationally Related Form:knottinesstortuousness
Inherited Hypernyms:byzantine
Similar to:complex
adj satadj.alltangled in knots or snarls
Synset:snarled snarly
Examples:
  • a mass of knotted string
  • snarled thread
Antonyms:untangled
Derivationally Related Form:knotsnarl
Inherited Hypernyms:knotty
Similar to:tangled
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