snarl

Plural: snarls

Noun

• a vicious angry growl
• an angry vicious expression
• something jumbled or confused
• A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
• An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.
• A slow-moving traffic jam.
• The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
• A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
• A squabble.

Verb

Verb Forms: snarled, snarling, snarls

• To growl with bared teeth; to speak angrily.
• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
  • "The guard snarled at us"
• make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
  • "Bullets snarled past us"
• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
• make more complicated or confused through entanglements
• To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• To become entangled.
• To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
• To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested.
• To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface; to repoussé
• To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
• To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.
• To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.

Examples

• He would SNARL at his tiles, hoping to scare them into forming a good word.
• to snarl a skein of thread

Synonyms

embrangle, entangle, mat, maze, snap, snarl up, tangle, entanglement, imbroglio

Antonyms

disentangle, unsnarl

Anagrams of snarl