About The Word Gnarl

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Gnarl

Gnarl Meaning & Definition
Gnarl Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gnarl?

[n] something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
[v] complain quietly
[v] twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gnarl: croak | grumble | knot | murmur | mutter

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gnarl: anamorphism | anamorphosis | asymmetry | bend | bilge | blain | bleb | blister | blob | boss | bow | bubble | buckle | bulb | bulge | bulla | bump | bunch | burl | button | cahot | chine | clump | coarsen | color | condyle | contort | contortion | convex | crook | crookedness | crumple | detorsion | deviation | disproportion | distort | distortion | dowel | ear | flange | flap | flush | frown | gall | glare | glower | granulate | growl | grumble | handle | hill | hiss | horripilate | hump | hunch | imbalance | irregularity | jog | joggle | knob | knot | knur | knurl | lip | look daggers | loop | lopsidedness | lower | lump | mantle | mole | mountain | nevus | nub | nubbin | nubble | papilloma | peg | pimple | quirk | redden | rib | ridge | ring | rough | rough up | roughen | scowl | screw | shoulder | snap | snarl | spine | spit | spring | stud | style | tab | torsion | tortuosity | tubercle | tubercule | turn | turn awry | twist | unsymmetry | verruca | vesicle | wale | warp | wart | welt | wrench | wrest | wring | writhe

See Also | bend | complain | deform | distorted shape | distortion | kick | kvetch | plain | quetch | sound off | turn | twist

Gnarl In Webster's Dictionary

\Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gnarled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gnarling}.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.] To growl; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. --Shak.
\Gnarl\, n. [See {Gnar}, n.] a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.

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