gnarly

slang

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gnarly The Wolves are fighting to stay above .500 and the Mavs are in a gnarly slide without their superstar. Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 The process of getting a visa is already gnarly with serpentine rules, arbitrary quotas and long delays. Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 This is a gnarly tragedy and there’s no two ways around it. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025 In a surprise twist not three minutes into Episode 1, Delgado is shot and killed during a traffic stop — a gnarly execution that casts a shadow over the remainder of Season 1. Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for gnarly 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
  • Also: Her ugly drag face at the start of the competition has apparently freed her up to do character paints in the challenges that the other girls aren’t touching.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Before long, the question of what comes next — and whether Anand and Balya have a future — rears its ugly head.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The result was good for the Jayhawks, as the Cyclones shot a hideous 1-for-12 (11%) from long range.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Daily Show’s Gross-out Prop Comedy The news is surreal, disgusting, and upsetting.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
  • What a horrible woman to launch such a disgusting smear against family.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Shows such as Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer settled on the trope of a hellish world reachable only through science-fiction portals.
    K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Precisely who Trump wants to punish appears secondary to his delight in releasing precisely those hellish dogs.
    Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The return of Dina Manzo wasn’t enough to counter the regrettable new additions, particularly Amber and her loathsome husband, Jim.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
  • But the actor only ever knuckles down at being loathsome.
    Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • With no evidence and with no proof, President Trump recklessly and outrageously blamed Wednesday night’s horrid mid-air collision in Washington on his all-encompassing boogeyman of diversity, equity and inclusion.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Indian stocks appear to be recovering from their horrid start to the year.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This would be a more monumental climb given the beastly nature of the Western Conference.
    Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Talbot’s reluctant transformation into the title monster and Jack Pierce’s special-effects makeup remain iconic, responsible for the dominant cultural perception of how a werewolf looks and feels — even as cinematic werewolves have become beastlier in the decades since.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However the two teens entered this online subculture, their writings reveal despair about their personal lives and the world around them and expressed violent, hateful views.
    Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Meta also updated its hateful conduct policy to roll back protections for certain groups, including women and LGBTQ+ people.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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