[syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gnarl \Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gnarling.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf.
G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]
To growl; to snarl.
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And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
--Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gnarl \Gnarl\, n. [See Gnar, n.]
a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with
twisted grain, on a tree.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gnarl
n 1: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles
stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great
gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl]
v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this
old tree"
2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter,
grumble, croak, gnarl]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnarl":
anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, bend, bilge, blain, bleb,
blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, buckle, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump,
bunch, burl, button, cahot, chine, clump, coarsen, color, condyle,
contort, contortion, convex, crook, crookedness, crumple,
detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distort, distortion, dowel,
ear, flange, flap, flush, frown, gall, glare, glower, granulate,
growl, grumble, handle, hill, hiss, horripilate, hump, hunch,
imbalance, irregularity, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip,
look daggers, loop, lopsidedness, lower, lump, mantle, mole,
mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, pimple,
quirk, redden, rib, ridge, ring, rough, rough up, roughen, scowl,
screw, shoulder, snap, snarl, spine, spit, spring, stud, style,
tab, torsion, tortuosity, tubercle, tubercule, turn, turn awry,
twist, unsymmetry, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, welt,
wrench, wrest, wring, writhe