The word gnarled is an adjective describing something as twisted and out of shape.
Example sentence: The boy picked up the gnarled tree branch and threw it for the dog to fetch.
The tree was ancient, gnarled and covered in moss, it looked a thousand years old.
GNARLED : bent, twisted or misshapen (as in old trees); also 'rugged' or 'weather-beaten'.
Gnarled is a verb (past tense of gnarl) and an adjective (a gnarled branch).
To angrily or fiercely twist or tangle.
The tree trunk was gnarled.
Did you see the gnarled up tree?
The silent letter in gnarled is the G, as it is pronounced "narled." Other words with this silent G spelling are gnat, gnaw, and gnu.
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The adjective is spelled gnarled (twisted, misshapen).
Did you see the gnarled up tree?
The old tree was bend and gnarled.
my friend ate an gnarled old sweet ! disgusting!
Despite its condition, the gnarled tree was beautiful.
The old man reached his gnarled hand towards me. Her motifs gnarled like an rope with a thousand knots.
The old woman's fingers were badly gnarled from years of tedius beading.
My brother is very fond of the cane he made from the gnarled root of a tree.
A gnarled tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old, There is a large, beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees, His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
As we climbed over the old gnarled tree branch we knew we were almost home. Or, the girls hair was twisted and gnarled beyond belief.
Bonsai plants sell well because they are famous for their gnarled limbs. The gnarled roots snagged my foot as I tried to run past the tree.
Better with light off
The young lad watched in fascination as the old seaman's gnarled hands demonstrated how to splice two ropes together.