snarled

/snɑrld/
verb
  1. Past tense of snarl: made a fierce, angry sound like an animal.
    • The lion snarled loudly inside its cage at the zoo.
    • He snarled at his brother when he took the last cookie.
    • The dog snarled at the stranger who came too close.
  2. Past tense of snarl: said something in an angry, aggressive way.
    • The coach snarled orders at the players during practice.
    • He snarled a warning to anyone who dared to interrupt him.
    • "Get out of my way!" she snarled at the slow walker.
  3. Past tense of snarl: became tangled or blocked.
    • The necklace snarled in her hair as she tried to take it off.
    • The traffic snarled after the accident blocked two lanes.
    • The thread snarled around the sewing machine needle.
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adjective
  1. Tangled or twisted in a complicated way, like hair, thread, or traffic.
    • The fishing line got snarled around a branch underwater.
    • Her hair was so snarled that she had to use a special brush.
    • The snarled traffic on the highway made us an hour late.
  2. Full of knots or difficult to untangle.
    • The kitten played with the yarn until it was completely snarled.
    • The snarled roots of the old tree made it hard to dig a hole.
    • He tried to fix the snarled wires behind the computer desk.
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