Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. 
 tangled in knots or snarls; 
- Example: "a mass of knotted string"- Example: "snarled thread"[syn: knotty, snarled, snarly]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
snarly
    adj 1: tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string";
           "snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly]