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gnarly
/ˈnɑɹli/
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What does gnarly mean?
adjective
- Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
- (slang) Unpleasant, awful, ugly.
- (slang) Of music or a sound: harsh.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- (dated, slang) Excellent; attractive.
- (dated, slang) Dangerous; difficult.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈnɑɹli/
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By October 1 the tops were still small and a little gnarly; big roots had not yet formed.
The plants were dwarfed, foliage wrinkled and rusty, and fruit misshapen, like small, gnarly apples.
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They cannot be too gnarly and crabbed and rusty to look at.
The peat-bogs of Scania have yielded a bone fish-hook seven centimetres long, which is considered very ancient, and the Museum of Stettin possesses one, also very old, found in a gnarly deposit of Pomerania.