gnarled

adjective

ˈnär(-ə)ld

: full of knots or gnarls : knotty

gnarled hands

gnarled olive trees

: crabbed in disposition, aspect, or character

a gnarled old veteran

Examples of gnarled in a Sentence

the old man's gnarled fingers

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Every moment is brimming with whimsical detail, from lacy-white magical threads that are conjured out of thin air, to a giant talking catfish who looks like he’s made out of a colorful patchwork quilt, and glowing azure glass bottles that adorn a gnarled tree, just begging to be plucked. —

Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025 But there was nothing much to see: only the bare wall and some gnarled shrubs. —

Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 La Bougie’s Mission Fig This is a delicately perfumed candle that draws its inspiration from an old, gnarled fig tree belonging to the garden of the brand founder’s family home in Tuscany. —

Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 There is magic woven into its gnarled tree branches, emanating off its fireflies’ wings, and imbued in its populace. —

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