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gnarlsome

gnarlsome adjective: gnarly and awesome at the same time.

Adjective

gnarlsome (comparative more gnarlsome, superlative most gnarlsome)

  1. (rare, slang) gnarly and awesome at the same time
    • When the winter swells roll across the Big O from our great white neighbor to the north, we receive some of the most gnarlsome wavage ever not to be seen […].1987, Surfer - Volume 28, Issues 1-6, page 34
    • The Martin-Logan Sequal^([sic]) Series II loudspeakers come as close as anything I've heard to succeeding at the gnarlsome enterprise of fusing a cone woofer with an electrostatic panel.1990, The Absolute Sound - Volume 15, Issues 64-66, page 64

Forms of gnarlsome

comparativemore gnarlsome
superlativemost gnarlsome

Origin of gnarlsome

Blend of gnarly + awesome.

Questions about gnarlsome

What does gnarlsome mean?
Gnarlsome means gnarly and awesome at the same time.
What part of speech is gnarlsome?
Gnarlsome is an adjective.

Words near gnarlsome in the dictionary

  1. gnarliest
  2. gnarliness
  3. gnarling
  4. gnarlings
  5. gnarls
  6. gnarlsome
  7. gnarly
  8. gnarr
  9. gnarred
  10. gnarring
  11. gnarrs

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