knotty

Definitions

Full of knots; gnarled.

Extremely difficult, intricate, or puzzling.

Examples

The detective struggled to solve the knotty mystery that had baffled the local police for weeks.

They spent hours debating the knotty problem of how to fairly distribute the limited resources.

The old oak tree had a knotty trunk that twisted in strange and beautiful patterns.

Synonyms

complex complicated intricate perplexing difficult thorny tangled

Antonyms

simple easy straightforward clear uncomplicated plain effortless