| snarl | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. snarl | a vicious angry growl. |
| ~ utterance, vocalization | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication. |
| n. (communication) | 2. snarl | an angry vicious expression. |
| ~ facial expression, facial gesture | a gesture executed with the facial muscles. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. maze, snarl, tangle | something jumbled or confused.; "a tangle of government regulations" |
| ~ perplexity | trouble or confusion resulting from complexity. |
| v. (communication) | 4. 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" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| v. (communication) | 5. snarl | make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise.; "Bullets snarled past us" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (contact) | 6. entangle, mat, snarl, tangle | twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.; "The child entangled the cord" |
| ~ distort, twine, twist | form into a spiral shape.; "The cord is all twisted" |
| ~ felt | mat together and make felt-like.; "felt the wool" |
| ~ enmesh, ensnarl, mesh | entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh. |
| v. (change) | 7. embrangle, snarl, snarl up | make more complicated or confused through entanglements. |
| ~ complicate, perplex | make more complicated.; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" |
| ~ snafu | cause to be in a state of complete confusion. |
| tangle | | |
| n. (object) | 1. tangle | a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven.; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines" |
| ~ natural object | an object occurring naturally; not made by man. |
| ~ hair ball, hairball, trichobezoar | a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur). |
| ~ shag | a matted tangle of hair or fiber.; "the dog's woolly shag" |
| v. (stative) | 2. drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
| v. (contact) | 3. knot, ravel, tangle | tangle or complicate.; "a ravelled story" |
| ~ enlace, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine, entwine | spin,wind, or twist together.; "intertwine the ribbons"; "Twine the threads into a rope"; "intertwined hearts" |
| v. (contact) | 4. dishevel, tangle, tousle | disarrange or rumple; dishevel.; "The strong wind tousled my hair" |
| ~ disarrange | destroy the arrangement or order of.; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk" |
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