gnarly
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
gnarly (comparative gnarlier, superlative gnarliest)
- Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
- (slang) Excellent; attractive.
- (slang, US) Dangerous; difficult.
- a gnarly problem
- (slang, US) Unpleasant, awful, ugly.
- 1981, Dan Jenkins, Baja Oklahoma, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books, ISBN 978-0-689-11173-0; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1982, ISBN 978-0-671-45163-9, page 269:
- We're not talking about a lame chick and a gnarly guy. We're talking about a couple of far-out dudes.
- 1981, Dan Jenkins, Baja Oklahoma, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum Books, ISBN 978-0-689-11173-0; reprinted New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1982, ISBN 978-0-671-45163-9, page 269:
- (gnarled) gnarled, knobbly, knobby
- (slang: excellent; attractive) cool
- (slang, US: unpleasant, awful) awful, dreadful, nasty
- (slang, US: harsh (of music or sound)) discordant
- Russian: клёвый
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