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1. (v.i.) snarl
to growl angrily or viciously, esp. with the teeth bared, as a dog.
2. snarl
to speak in a sharp, angry, or quarrelsome manner.
3. (v.t.) snarl
to say by snarling:
to snarl a threat.
4. (n.) snarl
the act of snarling.
5. snarl
a snarling sound or utterance.
6. (n.) snarl
a tangle, as of thread or hair.
7. snarl
a complicated or confused condition or matter:
a traffic snarl.
8. snarl
a knot in wood.
9. (v.t.) snarl
to bring into a tangled condition, as thread or hair.
10. snarl
to render complicated or confused:
The questions snarled him up.
11. (v.i.) snarl
to become tangled or confused.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME snarle snare, perh. =snare1+ -le)
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| Definition of 'snarl' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) snarl
a vicious angry growl
2. (noun) snarl
an angry vicious expression
3. (verb) tangle, snarl, maze
something jumbled or confused
"a tangle of government regulations"
4. (verb) snap, snarl
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
"The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us"
5. (verb) snarl
make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
"Bullets snarled past us"
6. (verb) entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
"The child entangled the cord"
7. (verb) snarl, snarl up, embrangle
make more complicated or confused through entanglements
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1. (verb) snarl
(of an animal) to growl in an aggressive way
The dog snarled at him and he backed away.
2. snarl
(of a person) to speak to sb in an aggressive way
"Leave me alone!", she snarled.; a long, low snarl
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| Definition of 'snarl' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) snarl
a knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty
2. (noun) snarl
the act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention
3. (verb) snarl
to form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface
4. (verb) snarl
to entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread
5. (verb) snarl
to embarrass; to insnare
6. (verb) snarl
to growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds
7. (verb) snarl
to speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms
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Sense: (of a dog etc) to growl angrily, showing the teeth
The dog snarled at the burglar.
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 Afrikaans: grom |
 Arabic: يَهرُّ، يُزَمْجِرُ |
 Bulgarian: ръмжа |
 Brazilian: rosnar |
 Czech: vrčet |
 German: knurren |
 Danish: knurre |
 Greek: γρυλίζω απειλητικά, δείχν |
 Spanish: gruñir |
 Estonian: lõrisema |
 Farsi: چنگ و دندان نشان دادن |
 Finnish: ärähtää |
 French: gronder (en montrant les |
 Hebrew: לִנהוֹם |
 Hindi: गुर्राना |
 Croatian: režati |
 Hungarian: (rá)vicsorog |
 Indonesian: menggeram |
 Icelandic: urra og sÿna tennurnar |
 Italian: ringhiare |
 Japanese: うなる |
 Korean: 으르렁거리다 |
 Lithuanian: urgzti |
 Latvian: rūkt; (par suni) atņirgt |
 Malay: menderam |
 Dutch: grommen |
 Norwegian: snerre, knurre |
 Polish: warczeć |
 Persian: چنگ و دندان نشان دادن |
 Pashto: جړكول، بنجړ كول، سره جارا |
 Portuguese: rosnar |
 Romanian: a-şi arăta colţii, a mârâ |
 Russian: рычать, ворчать |
 Slovak: vrčať |
 Slovenian: renčati |
 Serbian: režati |
 Swedish: morra |
 Thai: เห่า |
 Turkish: hırlamak |
 Taiwanese: 吠 |
 Ukrainian: гарчати, ричати |
 Urdu: کتّے کا دانت نکوس کر غرّا |
 Vietnamese: gầm gừ |
 Chinese: 吠 |
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