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[ verb ] utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

Synonyms

snap

Examples

"The sales clerky snapped a reply at the angry customer" "The guard snarled at us"

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Another snarled close overhead .

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

Wilson , shackled and snarling , was thrown with the other prisoners and was soon joined by Green , McKee and McKinley .

Related terms

talk

2
[ verb ] make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise

Examples

"Bullets snarled past us"

Related terms

go

3
[ noun ] an angry vicious expression

Related terms

facial_expression snap

4
[ noun ] a vicious angry growl

Related terms

utterance

5
[ verb ] make more complicated or confused through entanglements

Synonyms

embrangle snarl_up

Related terms

complicate snafu complication

6
[ verb ] twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

Synonyms

tangle mat entangle

Examples

"The child entangled the cord"

7
[ noun ] something jumbled or confused

Examples

"a tangle of government regulations"

Related terms

perplexity

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