Meaning & use
knotted
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tied into or forming a knot; tangled or twisted together.
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Her hair was so knotted after the swim that it took an hour to comb out.
The negotiations became a knotted mess of conflicting demands.
A note on using this word
Can describe a literal knot (a knotted rope) or, figuratively, a complicated or stressful situation (a knotted stomach from nerves).
Words with a similar meaning
tangledentwined
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Words with an opposite meaning
untangledsmooth
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