snarl

1. 1.

   a vicious angry growl

   Broaderutterance
2. 2.

   an angry vicious expression

   Broaderfacial expression
3. 3.

   something jumbled or confused

   “a tangle of government regulations”

   Synonymstanglemaze

   Broaderperplexity

Other forms of snarl

plural

snarls·

past tense

snarled·

present participle

snarling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about snarl

What does snarl mean?

snarl means "utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snarl?

snarl has 1 syllable: snarl. In IPA it is /ˈsnɑɹl/.

What is another word for snarl?

Close synonyms include snap, entangle, tangle, mat, snarl up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of snarl?

The recorded antonyms are unsnarl.

Is snarl a common word?

snarl is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with snarl?

1 word rhymes with snarl. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.