单词	knottiness
释义	knotty adjective knot·​ty ˈnä-tē  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 See all Synonyms & Antonyms 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 Recent Examples on the Web The performers start singing a knotty, multi-genre overture that incorporates several of Loesser’s songs. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Consciousness presents a particularly knotty philosophical puzzle, and there is no easy consensus on how to define it, let alone prove its presence. Camille Bromley, The Atlantic, 18 July 2022 When these quickies started rolling in, Sears would work all night if necessary to attend to each knotty query. Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022 There are also knotty questions of how to determine and uphold appropriate standards of minimum competence. Samuel Goldman, The Week, 14 July 2021 Directors like to shoot her in lingering closeups, her knotty, expressive face going blank with detachment or flashing with wildness, her eyes staring down her beaky nose like a pair of determined headlights. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022 Alfred narrowly escapes with his life and embarks on a harrowing yet transformative journey through the woods — and symbolically his dark and knotty mind — that forces him to untangle his conflicted feelings about fame. Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2022 The social fabric of Los Angeles is woven thick and knotty in Koreatown, and all the promises—and failures—of the city are intensified in the neighborhood. Steph Cha, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2022 And yet Native identity can itself be a knotty subject, perhaps especially so for artists. Susannah Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 13th century, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing knotty knotty pine knotty pine Kids Definition knotty adjective knot·​ty ˈnä-tē  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 Relevance 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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