Definitions
used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Word origin
From gnarl (“knot in wood”) + -y. The slang senses were particularly popularized by US surf culture in the 1970s.
Used in a sentence
“Out of one window I can see the garden, those mysterious deep-shaded arbors, the riotous old-fashioned flowers, and bushes and gnarly trees.”
“There ain't nothing gnarlier (apparently) than slapping on some brightly coloured sunblock to ward off the blinding spectre of dangerous, snow-reflected sunlight.”
“a gnarly problem”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Knotty and rough”6 letters
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