snarl
Collocations
3(verb.)
ADV
savagely, viciously
The dog snarled viciously at the stranger who approached the gate.
almost
PREP
at
The angry dog snarled at the mailman who came too close to the fence.
Definitions
verb
To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
to snarl a skein of thread
And from her backe her garments she did teare, / And from her head oft rent her snarled heare[…]
To become entangled.
To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
November 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, Sermon Preached at Stanford [the] question that they would have snarled him with
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
noun
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 biggest cities feel the most acute impact of the last mile – of the squads of trucks and vans, the parcel hubs and sorting centres, the parking snarls and the discarded boxes.
verb
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.
It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6to snarl a skein of thread
WiktionaryAnd from her backe her garments she did teare, / And from her head oft rent her snarled heare[…]
WiktionaryNovember 9, 1550, Hugh Latimer, Sermon Preached at Stanford [the] question that they would have snarled him with
WiktionaryThe biggest cities feel the most acute impact of the last mile – of the squads of trucks and vans, the parcel hubs and sorting centres, the parking snarls and the discarded boxes.
WiktionaryIt is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted.
WiktionaryEighty percent of Tom's vocabulary consists of snarl words like "social justice warrior" and "triggered."
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