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What does gnarly mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gnarly? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Having or characterized by gnarls; gnarled.
  2. (slang) Excellent; attractive.
  3. (slang, US) Dangerous; difficult.
  4. (slang, US) Unpleasant, awful, ugly.
    1. (slang, US) Of music or a sound: harsh.
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The bass player plays some gnarly fuzz bass that underscores the band's songs and adds rumble to the band's garage rock sound.
But without the accompanying TV show, all crashing waves, white sand and gnarly crofters, the book reveals itself as something of a curate's egg.
Inside the house, near the hearth, a gnarly old maple stands in rough-hewn opposition to the sleek columns fore and aft.
He's a gnarly little old Aussi with a big voice who's done a lot of living and has the ballads to prove it.
This systems view is essential for effectively dealing with the web of gnarly problems that entangle nations and strain international relations.
The tree itself had been small and gnarly, withered and twisted like the arthritic seizure of an old man.

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