snarl
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/
snarl (snarls, present participle snarling; past and past participle snarled)
- (transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
- to snarl a skein of thread
- And from her back her garments she did tear, / And from her head oft rent her snarled hair […]
- (intransitive) To become entangled.
- (transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
- [the] question that they would have snarled him with
- (transitive, intransitive) 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.
- Spanish: enredar
snarl (plural snarls)
- A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
- Synonyms: entanglement
- An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.
- A slow-moving traffic jam.
- (entangled situation) imbroglio
- French: embrouille, sac de nœuds (familiar)
- German: wirres Knäuel
- Russian: у́зел
- Spanish: enredo, maraña,
snarl (snarls, present participle snarling; past and past participle snarled)
- (intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
- (transitive) To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.
- (intransitive) 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.
- Russian: ворча́ть
snarl (plural snarls)
- The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
- A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
- A squabble.
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