Letters that make knotty
o, k, n, t, y are letters that make 'knotty'
4 possible definitions for 'knotty'
Under this definition, knotty is an adjective and has the following properties:
elusive, tough, baffling, problematic, problematical have the same meaning as 'knotty'
formidability, toughness, complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness, complication, job, problem are derivatives of 'knotty'.
"a baffling problem", "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast", "a problematic situation at home"
Under this definition, knotty is an adjective and has the following properties:
involved, tangled, convoluted, tortuous, Byzantine have the same meaning as 'knotty'
complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness, complication are derivatives of 'knotty'.
complex is similar to knotty.
"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"
Under this definition, knotty is an adjective and has the following properties:
crooked is similar to knotty.
Under this definition, knotty is an adjective and has the following properties:
tangled is similar to knotty.