1. Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
   "The guard snarled at us";
   - snap
    
2. Make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
   "Bullets snarled past us"
    
3. Twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
   "The child snarled the cord";
   - entangle, tangle, mat
    
4. Make more complicated or confused through entanglements
   "The new regulations snarled up the approval process";
   - snarl up, embrangle [archaic]
    
5. Become tangled in traffic
   "The accident caused traffic to snarl for miles"

1. A vicious angry growl
   "The dog's snarl warned us to stay back"
    
2. An angry vicious expression
   "The dog's snarl warned the intruder to back off"
    
3. Something jumbled or confused
   "a snarl of government regulations";
   - tangle, maze

Derived forms: snarled, snarls, snarling

Type of: complicate, distort, facial expression, facial gesture, go, mouth, perplex, perplexity, sound, speak, talk, twine, twist, utter, utterance, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, vocalization

Encyclopedia: Snarl