knotty, snarled, snarly
(adjective) tangled in knots or snarls; “a mass of knotted string”; “snarled thread”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snarled
simple past tense and past participle of snarl
• Landers, Lenards, Nadlers, Randles, Sandler, darnels, enlards, landers, relands, slander, slandre
Source: Wiktionary
Snarl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snarled; p. pr. & vvb. n. Snarling.] Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
Snarl, v. t. Etym: [From Snare, v. t.]
1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." Spenser.
2. To embarrass; to insnare. [The] question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer.
Snarl, n.
Definition: A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.
Snarl, v. i. Etym: [From Snar.]
1. To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee.
2. To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms. It is malicious and unmanly to snarl at the little lapses of a pen, from which Virgil himself stands not exempted. Dryden.
Snarl, n.
Definition: The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
