snarl

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And I really wouldn't sit much longer in that sun, if I were you A sound like a snarl was his answer as he passed on.

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  1. intransitive verb To growl viciously while baring the teeth.
  2. intransitive verb To speak angrily or threateningly.
  3. transitive verb To utter with anger or hostility: snarled a retort.
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  • Slowly, a smile broke on his face, a smile I can only describe as a snarl, muted but twisted. —  Analog July, 1974
  • He was so sick and tired of this petty little man ... he straightened and reached out for Delkin's rod with a snarl, his fingers curled into a claw-like grip. —  Wraithbait
  • Another snarl, and the dog leaps up on to the roof of the SUV. —  doggdot.us
  • The way he shifts between honeyed croon to snotty snarl --- the very goalposts of rock 'n' roll --- is unequalled. —  Rochester City Newspaper
  • I like what James White said: "Sometimes wolves dont snarl, they sing." —  Gay Christian Movement Watch
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

growl ·  howl ·  groan ·  grunt ·  scream ·  grimace ·  squeal ·  hiss ·  bellow ·  whine ·  chuckle ·  sneer

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snarl:   snarls ·  snarled ·  snarling
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Frequentative of obsolete snar, perhaps from Dutch or Low German snarren, to rattle, probably of imitative origin.
  2. Middle English snarle, trap, probably diminutive of snare; see snare1.

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  1. Freq. of snar, like gnarl, freq. of gnar, snarl, freq. of snare, etc.
  2. from snarl, v.
  3. from Middle English snarlen; freq. of snare, v. Cf. snarl as related to snar, gnarlas related to gnar, etc.
 

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