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knottyadjective having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelatedthe knotty problems that arise when every nation is part of the global marketplace baroque, byzantine, complex, complicate, complicated, convoluted, daedal, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, sophisticated, tangled overcomplex, overcomplicatedcomposite, compound, heterogeneous, mixed, multibranched, multifaceted, multifarious, multipart, variedchallenging, difficult, toughimpenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, Kafkaesque, unfathomable, unintelligible noncomplex, noncomplicated, plain, simple, uncomplicated oversimplified, simplified, simplistichomogeneous, uniform, unvaried requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handlingthe candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues catchy, delicate, difficult, dodgy(chiefly British), hairy, nasty, prickly, problematic(also problematical), sensitive, spiny, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touchy, tough, tricksy, tricky abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, hard, intricate, involved, recondite, seriousproblem, scabrous, stubborn, troublesome, troublous, vexatious, vexing, worrisomeburdensome, demanding, discommoding, exacting, exhausting, importunate, inconvenient, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful easy, effortless, manageable, painless, simple, straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, unproblematic complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty mean having confusingly interrelated parts.complex suggests the unavoidable result of a necessary combining and does not imply a fault or failure.a complex recipe complicated applies to what offers great difficulty in understanding, solving, or explaining.complicated legal procedures intricate suggests such interlacing of parts as to make it nearly impossible to follow or grasp them separately.an intricate web of deceit involved implies extreme complication and often disorder.a rambling, involved explanation knotty suggests complication and entanglement that make solution or understanding improbable.knotty ethical questions in the 13th century |