- gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed - used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- gnarl - twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"
--1 is one way to flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun gnarl1
Something ----s something
- murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl - make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
--2 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE