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Synonyms for wurly

  • adjective
  • noun
  • Australian English

Most common

gnarly wrinkly knotty knobby tiny petty

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Gnarly — gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled

gnarly, wrinkly, knotty, knobby, knobbly, rugose, bewrinkled

2. Tiny

tiny, petty, puny, dinky

Noun

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    gnarled, knotted; wizened, wrinkled.

  2. adj. 2

    Of an object: derisorily small, tiny; of a person: puny, stunted.

  3. n. 1

    An Australian indigenous shelter made from small branches with the leaves still attached.

Related words

Other spellings
wurley wurlie

Forms

Plural
wurlies → humpies, gunyas…

Example sentences

  • gnarly Gnarly! You were airborne for like 10 seconds.
  • wrinkly Ziri was getting old and wrinkly.
  • knotty Tom's cabin has knotty pine walls.
  • tiny Her handwriting was so tiny it was barely legible.
  • petty Sami started getting into trouble for petty theft.

By length

4 letters
tiny2, puny2
5 letters
petty2, dinky2, humpy, gunya
6 letters
gnarly2, knotty2, knobby2, rugose
7 letters
wrinkly, knobbly
10 letters
bewrinkled

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tiny2 = 2 syllables).