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Princeton's WordNet

  1. gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbedadjective

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

    "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

Wiktionary

  1. gnarledadjective

    knotty and misshapen

  2. gnarledadjective

    made rough by age or hard work

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gnarledadjective

    Knotty.

    Etymology: gnar, nar, or nurr, is in Staffordshire a hard knot of wood which boys drive with sticks.

    Merciful heav’n!
    Thou rather with thy sharp and sulph’rous bolt
    Split’st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak,
    Than the soft myrtle. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

ChatGPT

  1. gnarled

    Gnarled refers to something, typically a tree or a part of it, that is rough and twisted, especially due to old age or the effects of the weather. It can also describe a deformity or a twisted and knotted quality in other objects. Figuratively, it may also apply to describe a characteristic or state that is complex, tough, or difficult.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gnarled

    of Gnarl

  2. Gnarledadjective

    knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. gnarled

    Knotty; said of timber.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gnarled in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gnarled in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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