adjective
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(of wood, rope, etc) having knots
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slang used as a response to express disapproval or rejection
Other Word Forms
- well-knotted adjective
Etymology
Origin of knotted
First recorded in 1125–75, knotted is from the Middle English word cnotted. See knot 1, -ed 2, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Lukas Nelson: I was exercising a lot, and it was in my face all the time, getting all knotted up.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet his discarded idea of knotted structures may still help explain one of the deepest questions in science: why anything in the universe exists at all.
From Science Daily
Their Ghostly Postal sheets had been draped and knotted into togas, and there were wreaths of greenery circled ’round their heads.
From Literature
The traditional hiring channels are broken, and the employment pipeline is knotted.
From Salon
We are talking about something knotted up in envy and indifference and disdain.
From Los Angeles Times
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