English Explanatory Dictionary

tied in knots

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In a state of confusion; in a difficult situation, in a bind.
  2. Worried, anxious, upset.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of tie in knots

Word forms

tied in knots more tied in knots most tied in knots tied up in knots

Synonyms

buggered cactused cooked dicked fucked hooped in a bind in a fix in a mess in a pickle in a pinch in a world of pain in a world of trouble in deep shit in Dickie's meadow in for it in the lurch in the shit in the soup in trouble knee-deep in the Big Muddy rooted screwed shagged souped stuffed tied in knots up a gum tree up a stump up against it up shit creek up the creek up the creek without a paddle up the proverbial up the stump waist deep in the Big Muddy angstful apprehensive anxious careful concerned distraught disturbed edgy fraught freaked out hagridden high-strung jittery jumpy leery nervous nervy on edge perturbable restless skittish spookish squeamish twitchy

Related words

tie in knots tie oneself in knots
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