gnarly
adjective
1. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
Similar word(s): crooked, gnarled, knobbed, knotted, knotty
2. (US slang) unpleasant, awful, ugly.
- We're talking about a really bad and gnarly car crash.
3. (slang) excellent, impressive.
- the North Shore has some really gnarly waves.
Sentences with gnarly as an adjective:
- On the right of the station were two gnarly cottonwood trees... — Mark Goodwin, Last Words