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Snarl   /snɑrl/   Listen
Snarl

noun
1.
A vicious angry growl.
2.
An angry vicious expression.
3.
Something jumbled or confused.  Synonyms: maze, tangle.
verb
(past & past part. snarled; pres. part. snarling)
1.
Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone.  Synonym: snap.  "The guard snarled at us"
2.
Make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise.
3.
Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.  Synonyms: entangle, mat, tangle.
4.
Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.  Synonyms: embrangle, snarl up.



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"Snarl" Quotes from Famous Books



... Convention, where He- and she-resiarehs prepare To get the world in their power, You will not, when 'tis loudest, find Such gifts to hug and snarl combined As drive each astronomic mind ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 10, August, 1858 • Various

... cried the giant. "Him try to fix powder. Ah, I fix you!" and with a savage snarl the giant, in the concrete chamber below, could be heard to attack someone who cried out gutturally ...
— Tom Swift and his Giant Cannon - or, The Longest Shots on Record • Victor Appleton

... fearsome thing at his back. Freeing one hand he struck a savage blow at the lad's face. His act seemed to unloose a thousand devils in the hairy creature clinging to his throat. Condon heard a low and savage snarl. It was the last thing that the American ever heard in this life. Then he was dragged backward upon the floor, a heavy body fell upon him, powerful teeth fastened themselves in his jugular, his head whirled in the sudden blackness which rims eternity—a moment later the ape rose from ...
— The Son of Tarzan • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... unless he was not out for shooting, but merely waiting to remove the gold from my wagon as soon as the wolves had disposed of my horses and me. Even then I did not see why he had held his fire, unless he had no gun. But the whole thing was a snarl it was no good thinking about till the girl beside me owned how much she knew about it. I wondered sharply if it had been just that knowledge she was trying to give Dudley the night I stopped her. The lights at the Halfway were very ...
— The La Chance Mine Mystery • Susan Carleton Jones

... for I was afraid it might be poor old George sneaking back to see if he could get away with any more of that fine bacon. Whatever it was, it made a flying leap back into the shadows. I thought I heard an angry or startled snarl, but you fellows made so much confusion as you bounced up that I couldn't ...
— The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf • Captain Quincy Allen


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