GNARLED Synonyms

• having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned

• not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

• irregular in shape or outline

• having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

• tied with a knot

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

• having edges that are jagged from injury

• so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented

• used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture

• a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

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

• a loud low dull continuous noise

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

• make a low noise

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

• a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

• an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• speak softly or indistinctly

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath