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单词 knottiness
释义

knotty

adjective

knot·​ty ˈnä-tē How to pronounce knotty (audio)
knottier; knottiest
: marked by or full of knots
especially : so full of difficulties and complications as to be likely to defy solution
a knotty problem
knottiness noun

Synonyms

  • baroque
  • byzantine
  • complex
  • complicate
  • complicated
  • convoluted
  • daedal
  • elaborate
  • intricate
  • involute
  • involved
  • labyrinthian
  • labyrinthine
  • sophisticated
  • tangled
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Example Sentences

the knotty problems that arise when every nation is part of the global marketplace the candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues
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Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

knotty

adjective

knot·​ty ˈnä-tē How to pronounce knotty (audio)
knottier; knottiest
1
: full of lumps, knobs, tangles, or hard spots
knotty muscles
knotty wood
2
: difficult sense 3
a knotty problem

knottiness

noun

as in complexity
the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects the staggering knottiness of the legal procedure that we had to go through

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • complexity
  • complexness
  • intricateness
  • sophistication
  • elaborateness
  • involution
  • heterogeneousness
  • intricacy
  • complicatedness
  • heterogeneity
  • complication
  • complicacy
  • diversity
  • multifariousness
  • impenetrability
  • incomprehensibility
  • inexplicability

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • simplicity
  • uniformity
  • simplification
  • homogeneity
  • plainness
  • simpleness
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