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Recent Examples of gnarly
Cache Bayou Outfitters geared us up for a 90-minute float beneath the gnarly trees—some of which have held court here for a millennium.
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Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026
Thanks to primary sources and an extensive analysis following its recovery in 1982, the ship included some truly gnarly handheld weapons.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
The gnarly riffs and polished guitar tones across last year’s Bees in the Bonnet occasionally leaned into the jazzy or minimal, but the overarching sheen was of a retro rock machismo.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
After receiving a cutter on the apron, Persephone hit Blanchard with a gnarly German suplex.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 15 May 2026
Thanks to primary sources and an extensive analysis following its recovery in 1982, the ship included some truly gnarly handheld weapons.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
The gnarly riffs and polished guitar tones across last year’s Bees in the Bonnet occasionally leaned into the jazzy or minimal, but the overarching sheen was of a retro rock machismo.
—Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026
After receiving a cutter on the apron, Persephone hit Blanchard with a gnarly German suplex.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Lemieux was 37, and had a reputation as one of those players who knew where to be, and when, around the ugly areas on the ice in a playoff game.—
Mac Engel
May 29,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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We, viewers and voters, are subjected to very ugly photographs and rhetoric.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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This used to be a death knell—the shoes that fit the bill were hideous until a few years ago.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
31 May 2026
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Any idea on when this hideous barcode-design strip will be released?—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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This blood and other stuff that blew out on the road is disgusting, and the smell is really awful.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
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Both are also, objectively speaking, disgusting.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Without it, the film would be even more hellish.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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But that doesn’t make watching Her Private Hell any less hellish.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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Helping the audience understand loathsome people without understanding them is a more subtle, if equally essential, inheritance.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Cubs’ horrid stretch.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
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With the team’s struggles from the second half of last season and the horrid start to this season, the noise around Mendoza’s job security has only increased.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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The wonderful World of Eternia is positively brimming with heroic warriors, courageous robots, strange mutants, nefarious necromancers, beastly companions, and the coolest command post under the sun, Castle Greyskull.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Three of this beastly bunch were checked off during our six spectacular hours in Tsavo.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The symbols that were represented are antisemitic and hateful to every person of conscience; this appalling act violated our sense of community and solidarity.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Rookie said she was disappointed by some of the hateful comments directed at her body and her age.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
2 June 2026
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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