gnarly

adjective
UK: /ˈnɑː.li/
US: /ˈnɑːr.li/

  1. Something difficult, challenging, or dangerous.

    1. That wave looks gnarly!
    2. The hike up the mountain was pretty gnarly, especially near the peak.

  2. Excellent, cool, or awesome.

    1. That's a gnarly skateboard trick!
    2. His new guitar has a gnarly sound with tons of distortion.

  3. Bad, unpleasant or undesirable.

    1. I have a gnarly headache.
    2. The traffic was gnarly getting here.

Synonyms

cool difficult radical challenging excellent unpleasant extreme bad awesome

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "gnarly" in English means: Something difficult, challenging, or dangerous., Excellent, cool, or awesome., Bad, unpleasant or undesirable..

The phonetic transcription of "gnarly" is /ˈnɑː.li/ in British English and /ˈnɑːr.li/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "gnarly": cool, difficult, radical, challenging, excellent, unpleasant, extreme, bad, awesome.

Example usage of "gnarly": "That wave looks gnarly!". More examples on the page.