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Snarled   /snˈɑrəld/   Listen
Snarled

adjective
1.
Tangled in knots or snarls.  Synonyms: knotty, snarly.  "Snarled thread"


Snarl

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.  Antonyms: disentangle, unsnarl.
4.
Make more complicated or confused through entanglements.  Synonyms: embrangle, snarl up.



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"Snarled" Quotes from Famous Books



... average stature, his high lineage and incomputable wealth. Hitherto, these things had been too remote for envy. But now, suddenly, they seemed near to him—nearer and more overpowering than the First in Mods had ever been. "And of course she's in love with you?" he snarled. ...
— Zuleika Dobson - or, An Oxford Love Story • Max Beerbohm
... decree had gone forth that the sleeper should wake, and who is man that he should flout imperious commands? The merciless sun insisted. The strong man fidgeted under the persistent blaze. Perspiration poured from his skin; he snarled; his eyelids twitched and quivered; the veins of neck and forehead throbbed ominously. The sun does not tolerate disobedience. A thin trickle of blood issued from the grimy nose, and with a snort the man awoke, his flame-red ...
— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield
... 'Shut up!' snarled the other; 'as if any kid could keep quiet! I ain't a-goin' to do time for the likes of him. Not me! I'll chuck him into the hold.' And he clinched his words with another ...
— The Wolf Patrol - A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts • John Finnemore
... about enough, my friend," snarled the man who had been spoken to as Dinsmore. "You get away with this because the fight was on the square, but don't push yore ...
— Oh, You Tex! • William Macleod Raine
... people!" Brent snarled, and wished instantly that he hadn't said it. He didn't mean it, of course. He'd just been pressed too hard. In a sense, he was taking his own frustrations out on these two ...
— Ten From Infinity • Paul W. Fairman


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