All nodulous synonyms

adjective nodulous

• formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
• uphill — up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance.
• tough — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
• sophisticated — sophisticated.
• rugged — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
• rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• reticular — having the form of a net; netlike.
• problematical — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
• mazy — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
• labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
• involved — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
• intricate — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
• hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
• troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
• elaboration — The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
• effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
• difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
• complex — Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand.
• baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
• gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
• tricky — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
• thorny — abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
• sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
• puzzling — confusing or baffling: a puzzling answer.
• perplexing — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• mystifying — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
• complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.