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adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

distorted, deformed, ill-shapen, malformed, misshapen

adj. so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly; "deformed thalidomide babies"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "an ill-shapen vase"; "a limp caused by a malformed foot"; "misshapen old fingers"

knobby, knobbly

adj. having knobs; "had knobbly knees"

uneven

adj. not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

asymmetrical, asymmetric

adj. characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components

one-sided, ill-proportioned, lopsided

adj. having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other

broken, rugged

adj. topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"

coarse

adj. "coarse skin"; "coarse woolens"

rough

adj. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

nappy, crisp, kinky, frizzly, frizzy

adj. of hair in small tight curls

akimbo

adj. (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo"; "stood with arms akimbo"

anfractuous

adj. full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"

hooked, aquiline

adj. curved down like an eagle's beak

awry, wonky, askew, cockeyed, lopsided

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

bending, deflective, refractive

adj. capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)

bent

adj. altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"

distorted, twisted, contorted

adj. strained or wrenched out of normal shape; "old trees with contorted branches"; "scorched and distorted fragments of steel"; "trapped under twisted steel girders"

malposed

adj. characterized by malposition; "crooked malposed teeth"

squiggly

adj. wavy and twisting

winding, twisting, tortuous, twisty

adj. marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

warped

adj. used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

windblown

adj. used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds

wry

adj. bent to one side; "a wry neck"

zigzag

adj. having short sharp turns or angles

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