snarly

snarl ¹  (snärl)

v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls

v.intr.

1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth.

2. To speak angrily or threateningly.

v.tr.

To utter with anger or hostility: snarled a retort.

n.

1. A vicious growl.

2. A vicious, hostile utterance.

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[Frequentative of obsolete snar, perhaps from Dutch or Low German snarren, to rattle, probably of imitative origin.]

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snarler n.

snarling·ly adv.

snarly adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

snarly - tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" snarled, knotty tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"