| Gnarled 1. (imp. & p. p.) of Gnarl. 2. (a.) Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. Thesaurus Entries arthritic, bent, bumpy, burled, contorted, crooked, distorted, gnarly, knobbed, knobbly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, lumpy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, studded, torose, tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous, twisted, warped | ![]() |