gnarly
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8.4
- adjective
- /ˈnɑrli/
- Outside the hotel room window, he sees the bare, gnarly branches of a cherry tree in silhouette against a background of pure white.
- gnarly oak
- gnarly tree
- gnarly old
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- I also get some pretty gnarly dark circles.
- It was just these gnarly burns on his face.
- Keith vlogs day check out this gnarly centipede millipede Look at him.
- They're coming from being a young naive doorman to to the old gnarly one that that that you meet.
- And they, they look so prehistoric and gnarly.
- People thought paratroopers were all like big, tall, tall, mean, mean men and like big and gnarly, not young looking little skinny, skinny guys.
- We're really gnarly and gritty and, and not wide and really irritating.
Examples
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I looked down as I pressed his large, gnarly hands together on his knee.
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It was just these gnarly burns on his face.
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How about the big, big, gnarly burger?
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I just saw this old guy in the hallway with these gnarly scabs all over his body.
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A full moon throws shadows of gnarly oak trees across the fields.
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Back in the day, they only skated half of Tuna because the rest was too gnarly.
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I haven't heard "gnarly" since I was surfing gnarly waves.
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She has a pretty gnarly scar on her forehead, right?
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The garden is old and shady with gnarly trees and herbs tucked into the few corners that catch the sun.
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The ancient tree had a gnarly trunk, twisted and full of knots.
Synonyms
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7.1
A tree, hand, or face with a rough, twisted shape and large bumps
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5.8
Something that has small rounded bumps like a potato
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3.9
Having rough, twisted bumps on wood or hands
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7.0
Full of hard lumps and tangles, for example in wood or hair
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7.6
Having many small round lumps on the surface
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6.8
With rough parts that catch or tear other things
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Morphology
Etymology
Gnarly comes from the word gnarl, which means a rough, twisted knot on a tree, so gnarly describes something 'knotted', rough, or full of bumps, like old branches or worn hands.