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knotted

knotted

3.9
Having rough, twisted bumps on wood or hands
  • adjective
  • /ˈnɑtɪd/
translation icon : nudoso
  • The old tree had a rough, twisted, knotted trunk that bore witness to many stormy winters.

Because if you can breathe through that, that knotted up muscle will start to break up and it will start to get better.

Examples

  • After hours of work in the garden, her hands were knotted and sore from pulling up weeds.

  • Because if you can breathe through that, that knotted up muscle will start to break up and it will start to get better.

  • My hair is so like puffy and knotted but just go pretend that's not happening.

  • Well, the way that works is that there are certain structures in this hypergraph where you say that little twisty knotted thing.

  • I remove barriers and I untie knots and sometimes our energy is all knotted up.

  • I remove barriers and I untie knots and sometimes our energy is all knotted up.

  • A bunch of random cables and things that like I have a massive bag of cables that is just like one huge like massive knotted ball of madness.

  • It's a problem that's sort of like a big ball of knotted yarn where you got to pull one thread and then pull another one.

  • Upside down birds, red specks of knotted wool glow above the sideways trees.

  • The artist used a piece of knotted rope to create a unique texture in her sculpture.

Synonyms

gnarled
vsknotted
12 7.1

A tree, hand, or face with a rough, twisted shape and large bumps

is the same rough twisted look but used especially for old hands or trees
gnarly
vsknotted
9 8.4

A rough, twisted surface with hard knots or bumps

emphasizes the same aged roughness typically seen on trees or people
knotty
vsknotted
3 7.0

Full of hard lumps and tangles, for example in wood or hair

focuses more on an overall twisted, rough appearance with bumps
knobbed
vsknotted
7.6

Having many small round lumps on the surface

is broader, describing a twisted roughness that includes knobs among other features

Antonyms

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

Compounds

A small herb with a strong smell and clustered leaves used in cooking

How Knotted

gnarled
12 7.1
knotted
3.9
knobby
2 5.8
bumpy
68 1.0
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

knotted positive

Morphology

knotted = knot (transparent) = knot + ed

Adjectival use of the past participle 'knotted' meaning 'having knots' is directly derived from the verb 'knot'.

Etymology

Knotted comes from the same old word cnott as the modern knot, meaning 'knot' or the hard bump where a branch joins a tree. So a knotted tree or hand has rough, twisted bumps or knobs like those knots, and that is why we use the word for gnarled wood or bumpy hands.