Definition of gnarly

gnarly

adjective

very good, excellent; "cool".
That trick on your skateboard was gnarly!
That party was so gnarly I knew the police would show up.
Wow those waves the boys were hitting were gnarly!
Yeah ha ha, gnarly, dude!
Those shoes were so gnarly.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Robin I. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Jan 13 1999.
gross, disgusting.
Check out that gnarly old homeless dude.
That girl's hair is really gnarly.
- See more words with the same meaning: gross, disgusting, creepy.
Last edited on Jan 13 1999. Submitted by Robin I. from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Jan 13 1999.
painful or dangerous.
That was a gnarly car wreck.
That was a gnarly wipe out.

Citation from "Dan On the Run", The Good Guys (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 13 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: dangerous.
Last edited on Jul 08 2011. Submitted by Lisa from San Diego, CA, USA on Dec 31 2002.

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shady	Definitions include: related to immorality or illegality.
sketchy	Definitions include: of questionable character, strange.
dodgy	Definitions include: suspicious; "shady".
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couth	Definitions include: good or someone that is cool.
double bomb	Definitions include: very good, excellent, the best; "cool".
out to lunch	Definitions include: excellent, very attractive, etc.
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neato	Definitions include: very neat; "cool"; "spiffy".
spiffylicious	Definitions include: Its means to be beyond cool. You can use it describing anything that had good meaning to it.
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radical	Definitions include: very good; excellent; "cool"; "awesome".
NPA	Definitions include: Cool, wicked, etc.
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hype	Definitions include: excited.
rule	Definitions include: to be excellent.
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perv	Definitions include: "pervert."
not mind safe	Definitions include: extremely disturbing.
fatal attraction	Definitions include: someone who will not allow a relationship to end.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
blech	Definitions include: exclamation of disgust.
grody	Definitions include: gross.
nastafied	Definitions include: gross.
trif	Definitions include: shallow. Note: short for "trifling."
sketchy	Definitions include: of questionable character, strange.
NMS	Definitions include: acronym for not mind safe.
yucky	Definitions include: unpleasant, disgusting, objectionable.
creeper	Definitions include: a weird or disturbed person.
stank	Definitions include: with poor personal hygiene / promiscuous / generally gross.
barf	Definitions include: to vomit.
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ham-fisted	Definitions include: clumsy.
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scav	Definitions include: a person who takes from others and never returns the favor.
sunbite	Definitions include: sunburnt.
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