'Gnarl' definitions:
Definition of 'gnarl'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: knot, gnarl]
verb
Twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"
verb
Definition of 'Gnarl'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Gnarl'
From: GCIDE
- Gnarl \Gnarl\, n. [See Gnar, n.] a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gnarl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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