gnarled

adj.

1. Having gnarls; knotty or misshapen: gnarled branches.
2. Morose or peevish; crabbed.
3. Rugged and roughened, as from old age or work: the gnarled hands of a carpenter.

[Probably variant of knarled, from knarl, tangle, knot, alteration of Middle English knarre, knot in wood. See knar.]

adj

Definition: knotted
Antonyms: smooth, straight, unbent, uncurled, unknotted, untwisted

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IN BRIEF: Twisted and knotty.

The other painting showed a gnarled tree standing on the precipice in a rugged canyon. — Unknown.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
  Synonyms: gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kroget, knortet, knastet, knudret

Nederlands (Dutch)
knoestig, kribbig

Français (French)
adj. - noueux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - knorrig, knotig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ροζιασμένος, ροζιάρικος

Italiano (Italian)
nodoso, intrattabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - áspero, sulcado, curtido pelo tempo

Русский (Russian)
сучковатый, угловатый, несговорчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - nudoso, torcido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - knotig, butter

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
多瘤的, 粗糙的, 多节的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多瘤的, 粗糙的, 多節的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 마디가 많은, 거친

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ふしだらけの, ふしくれだった, ふし状の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير العقد, نكد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחוספס, מפותל, מלא-בליטות, מסוקס, מיובל‬

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