snarl
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vicious angry growl
Types & categories
- utterance hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer
Types & categories
- mouth hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an angry vicious expression
Types & categories
- facial expression hypernym
Related & opposite
- snap derivation
Sense 4 verb
make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise
Bullets snarled past us
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
- snarl derivation
Sense 5 noun
something jumbled or confused
a tangle of government regulations
Types & categories
- perplexity hypernym
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Sense 6 verb
twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
The child entangled the cord
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Sense 7 verb
make more complicated or confused through entanglements
Types & categories
- complicate hypernym
- snafu hyponym
Related & opposite
- maze derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarl |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | utterance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarl |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarl |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | facial expression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarl |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarl up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mat |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | snarled |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | perplexity |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | unsnarl |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | maze |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tangle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | distort |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | felt |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | enmesh |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | maze |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | complicate |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | snafu |