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Adjective: gnarled  naa(r)ld
  1. Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
    "gnarled and knotted hands";
    - gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed
Verb: gnarl  naa(r)l
  1. Twist into a state of deformity
    "The wind has gnarled this old tree"
     
  2. [archaic] Make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
    "she gnarls when she feels overworked";
    - murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, chunter [Brit, informal]

See also: crooked

Type of: bend, complain, deform, flex, kick [informal], kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan, plain [archaic], sound off, turn, twist

Encyclopedia: Gnarl