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adj. Gnarled; misshapen.

adj. Slang Remarkable; outstanding.

adj. Slang Unpleasant; disgusting.

adj. having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled

adj. dangerous

adj. unpleasant, awful, ugly

adj. excellent, attractive

adj. Of music or a sound, harsh

adj. Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

Having rough or distorted knots.

adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

"A tube can be rigged to reach bass in gnarly cover, to pick off cruisers in open water, or to coax strikes from even the most finicky bedding bass."

crooked   

knotty    twisted    crossgrained   

Carley    Carly    Charley    Charlie    Harley    Marley    barley    charlie    parley   

red-barked    trunk-like    rapier-like    black-gloved    skybox    knobby    writer/director/producer/major    midway    black-barked    woman-hating