| Main Entry: | gnarled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knotted |
Synonyms: |
bent, contorted, crooked, deformed, distorted, gnarly, knurled, leathery, out of shape, rough, rugged, tortured, twisted, weather-beaten, wrinkled |
Antonyms: |
straight, unbent, uncurled, untwisted |
| Main Entry: | bark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yelp |
Synonyms: |
arf, bay, cry, gnarl, growl, howl, snap, snarl, woof, yap, yip |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
Synonyms: |
bend, convolute, curve, deform, gnarl, knot, misshape, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, smooth |
| Main Entry: | crooked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent, angled |
Synonyms: |
agee, anfractuous, angular, asymmetric, awry, bowed, catawampus, circuitous, cockeyed, contorted, crippled, curved, curving, deformed, deviating, devious, disfigured, distorted, errant, gnarled, hooked, incurving, indirect, irregular, kinky, knurly, lopsided, meandering, misshapen, not straight, oblique, out of shape, rambling, roundabout, screwy, serpentine, sinuous, skewed, slanted, snaky, spiral, tilted, topsy-turvy, tortile, tortuous, twisted, twisting, uneven, warped, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straight |
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
Synonyms: |
batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, gnarl, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, malform, mangle, mar, misshape, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince |
Antonyms: |
beautify, improve |
| Main Entry: | deformed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disfigured, distorted |
Synonyms: |
askew, awry, bent, blemished, bowed, buckled, contorted, cramped, crippled, crooked, curved, damaged, disjointed, gnarled, grotesque, humpbacked, hunchbacked, ill-made, irregular, knotted, maimed, malformed, mangled, marred, misproportioned, misshapen, out of shape, scarred, twisted, ugly, warped |
Antonyms: |
beautified, beautiful, graceful, improved, shapely, symmetrical |
| Main Entry: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
Synonyms: |
alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge, garble, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, shape nicely, straight |
| Main Entry: | growl |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | animal-like sound |
Synonyms: |
bark, bellow, gnarl, gnarr, grumble, grunt, howl, moan, roar, roll, rumble, snarl, thunder |
| Main Entry: | grumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | murmur, rumble |
Synonyms: |
bark, croak, gnarl, gnarr, growl, grunt, gurgle, mumble, mutter, roar, roll, snap, snarl, snuffle, splutter, whine |
| Main Entry: | knurled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knotted |
Synonyms: |
bumpy, coarse, gnarled, knobby, knotty, rough |