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GNARLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gnarly mean?
• GNARLY (adjective)
The adjective GNARLY has 1 sense:
1. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Familiarity information: GNARLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Synonyms:
gnarled; gnarly; knobbed; knotted; knotty
Context example:
a knobbed stick
Similar:
crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
Derivation:
gnarl (something twisted and tight and swollen)
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