knottiness
State of entanglement
Knottiness is the quality of being knotty—full of knots or tangles.
Wood with knottiness is difficult to work with, full of hard spots where branches once grew.
The word more often describes problems or arguments: the knottiness of a legal dispute, the knottiness of philosophical questions.
The knottiness of the plot made the novel hard to follow.
State of elaborate complexity
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- entanglementState of being intertwined
- perplexityMental state of confusion
elaborateness · nuance · subtlety · ramification · interconnection · labyrinthine · byzantine · multifaceted
intricacy
State of elaborate complexity
- complicationFactor that adds difficulty
- convolutionTwisting or mathematical integration
- entanglementState of being intertwined
perplexity · elaborateness · nuance · subtlety · ramification · interconnection · labyrinthine · byzantine · multifaceted · interwoven
snarled
Growled or knotted
matted · coiled · intertwined · entwined · raveled · jumbled · enmeshed · disheveled · braided · kinked
gnarled
Twisted and knotty
fibrous · rough · uneven · bumpy · lumpy · nodular · hardwood · oak · pine · rope
knottinesssimplicity
Lack of complexity
simpleness · straightforwardness · clarity · lucidity · plainness
knottinesseasiness
Lack of difficulty
simplicity · manageability · accessibility · tractability · clarity
knottinesssmoothness
Freedom from irregularity
evenness · uniformity · sleekness · regularity · plainness
knot, knotted, knots, knotty, knotting, unknot, knotless, unknotted, unknotting