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| Main Entry: |
snarl
 [snahrl] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
| Synonyms: | chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, intricateness, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, skein, swarm, tangle, web |
| Antonyms: | ease, order, organization, simplification |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complicate, mess up |
| Synonyms: | confuse, embroil, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entwine, involve, muck, muddle, perplex, ravel, tangle |
| Antonyms: | fix, simplify, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | bark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal yelp |
| Synonyms: | bay, growl, grunt, howl, roar, snarl, woof, yap, yip |
Example Sentences
- And while the two campaigns snarl ever more loudly at each other, both leaders continue to stress bipartisanship.
- City political affairs have never before presented such a knotty snarl as now.
- He will snarl and the fur on his back and neck will stand up.
| Main Entry: | bark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | yelp |
| Synonyms: | arf, bay, cry, gnarl, growl, howl, snap, snarl, woof, yap, yip |
| Main Entry: | bark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shout |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bellow, clamor, cry, growl, grumble, mutter, roar, snap, snarl, yell |
| Main Entry: | can of worms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complicated situation |
| Synonyms: | Gordian knot, Pandora's box, Pandora's box, complex problem, complexity, complication, difficult situation, difficulty, dog's breakfast, entanglement, hard nut to crack, headache, hornet's nest, hot water, hot water, mare's nest, mess, predicament, problem, quagmire, quandary, snafu, snake pit, snarl, trouble, troublesome problem, unpredictable situation |
| Main Entry: | chaos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all, holy mess, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rat's nest, snarl, topsy-turviness, tumult, turmoil, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system |
| Main Entry: | clutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mess, disarray |
| Synonyms: | dirty, jumble, litter, muddle, scatter, snarl, strew |
| Antonyms: | array, clean up, neaten, order, tidy |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call out, yell |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, bleat, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, croak, crow, ejaculate, exclaim, gabble, growl, grunt, hail, hiss, holler, holler out, hoot, howl, low, meow, moo, nicker, pipe, quack, roar, scream, screech, shout, shriek, sing out, snarl, squawk, trill, tweet, twitter, vociferate, whinny, whistle, whoop, yawp, yelp |
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