snarls

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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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  • You have combed out forty-one snarls, a hundred and forty-two tangles, and several thousand curls, but are ready for more. —  Yon Ill Wind
  • Achilles unfreezes, snarls, and pulls his sword from its scabbard on the chair. —  Dan Simmons - Hockenberry 1 - Ilium
  • His hair stood out from his head in snarls, his eyes were half closed and he stood stoop shouldered and barefoot, hairy arms dangling from my too-small, fuzzy pink robe. —  Four To Score
  • At the far end of the field Perra's casual barking had suddenly become an ominous growl; then there was a series of snarls, and a voice tinged with fear. —  August, 1953
  • Traffic snarls were witnessed as hoardings and trees crashed down on streets. —  India eNews
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