snarl

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: tanglemazesnapentanglematsnarl upembrangle

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. a vicious angry growl
  2. an angry vicious expression
  3. something jumbled or confused“a tangle of government regulations”Synonyms: tanglemaze

Verb (4)

  1. utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone“The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer”“The guard snarled at us”Synonyms: snap
  2. make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise“Bullets snarled past us”
  3. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass“The child entangled the cord”Synonyms: entangletanglemat
  4. make more complicated or confused through entanglementsSynonyms: snarl upembrangle
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [From Snare, v. t.]

1.To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2.To embarrass; to insnare. [1913 Webster]

[The] question that they would have snarled him with.— Latimer.[1913 Webster]
Snarl \Snarl\, n. A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty. [1913 Webster]
Snarl \Snarl\, v. i. [From Snar.]

1.To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." --Dryden & Lee. [1913 Webster]

2.To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms. [1913 Webster]

It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
Snarl \Snarl\, n. The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention. [1913 Webster]
Snarl \Snarl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] [Etymol. uncertain.] To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface. [1913 Webster]
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