Gnarly (Adjective)
Meaning
Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The ancient, gnarly tree stood tall and proud on the hillside, its twisted limbs a testament to its age and endurance.
- After years of working with his hands, the old carpenter's were gnarled and knotted, with prominent veins visible beneath his wrinkled skin.
- Walking through the forest, we stumbled upon a knobbed stick that had clearly been broken off from one of the gnarly old trees that surrounded us.
- Her grandmother's gnarled hands were a sight to behold, with arthritic joints and a patchwork of wrinkles and liver spots that seemed to tell a story of their own.
- The landscape was dotted with gnarly trees, their trunks thick and twisted, with branches that seemed to reach out like withered fingers.