knotty

[US]/ˈnɒti/
[UK]/ˈnɑːti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.Having many knots;;Complicated or difficult to solve.

Phrases & Collocations

knotty problem

knotty wood

knotty issue

Example Sentences

panelling in knotty pine.

procure a solution to a knotty problem.

She met with a lot of knotty problems.

Even the professor couldn't clarify the knotty point.

The system of the Unconstitutionality Review in our academic research of science of Law is a hot issue in China, which also is a knotty problem.

It has a website, but it still has to unlace the knotty problem facing all weeklies trying to manage themselves into an online future — what does a Web-based weekly look like?

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