gnarled
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈnɑːrld/
- And the trees here were all time-gnarled oaks, nodding like ancient sages in the wind.
- a gnarled tree
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Watch on YouTubeLike perfect gnarled looking branch with like little lycan Moss on it.
- Like perfect gnarled looking branch with like little lycan Moss on it.
- A paperwhite without its perfume is like the intellect straining upward, knotty, gnarled, stewing in coffee colored waters.
- Fucking pour some sugar on me, you gnarled bitch.
- It's all just gnarled up in there in my chi and backed up in my little body Nuggets, man, my scrotum, my nuts.
Examples
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The old man had gnarled fingers from years of hard work in the fields.
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I kept speeding along on the blacktop road that was accentuated by overhanging, gnarled black branches.
Fiction book (1995) -
I turn my head slowly and see a gnarled, old hand resting on my shoulder.
Fiction book (1993) -
Grandma One Rock added a piece of thick, gnarled oak branch to the fire.
Fiction book (1993) -
Past sixty, his gray hair was thin and his fingers were gnarled and stiff.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rysta stabbed a button with a gnarled finger, and a chair rose out of the floor.
Fiction book (1992) -
His fingers were bony and gnarled, but his grip was surprisingly firm.
Fiction book (1995) -
The branches of the pecan trees were skeletal, like gnarled fingers against the moon.
Fiction book (1991) -
Faul appeared suddenly between two gnarled trees, their long spindly branches hanging out over the black mud.
Fiction book (1991) -
On the west, overhanging the stream, grew gnarled elder, willows, and double white cherries.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
5
8.4
A rough, twisted surface with hard knots or bumps
5
3.9
Having rough, twisted bumps on wood or hands
3
7.0
Full of hard lumps and tangles, for example in wood or hair
1
7.6
Having many small round lumps on the surface
1
6.8
With rough parts that catch or tear other things
How Twisted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gnarled comes from the old word gnarl, which meant a hard wood 'knot' or 'bump'. So a gnarled tree, hand, or face looks twisted and rough like wood with many knots.