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Definition: Snarled |
SnarledAdjective1. Tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "snarled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Synonyms: SnarledSynonyms: knotted (adj), snarly (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Snarled |
| English words defined with "snarled": disentanglement ♦ extrication ♦ snafu, snap, snarl ♦ unsnarling, untangling. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Yeah, well we got snarled up in a case in August (The Rockford Files; writing credit: Rahel Fabian; Moshé Mizrahi) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Snarled anchor cable and current meter cables Sometimes things go seriously wrong Current studies in SE Alaska. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The creature snarled and squealed and showed its shrivelled old gums and tried to strike with its knife. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They are comprised of snarled tangles of arteries and veins. (references) | |
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| "Snarled" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 92.70% of the time. "Snarled" is used about 274 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 92.7% | 254 | 18,599 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 5.84% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 1.46% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 274 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "snarled": become snarled up ♦ knotted snarled snarly. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "snarled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | معقد (busy, complicate, complicated, convoluted, deep, difficult, doctrinarian, entangled, inextricable, intricacy, intricate, invalid, involute, knotted, knotty, nasty, perplexing, sophisticated, tangled, tangly, tricky). (various references) | |
Chinese | '" (Barked, Barking, Bayed, Baying, Growled, growling, howler, Roared, roaring, Snarling). (various references) | |
German | knurrte (growled), geknurrt (growled). (various references) | |
Korean | 으르 거리". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arledsnay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "snarled": ensnarled, unsnarled. (additional references) | |
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"Snarled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: snailed, snarle, snarler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "snarled" (pronounced snÄ"ruld) |
| 4 | -r u l d | barreled, emerald, Herald, imperiled, quarreled, spiraled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, angled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, battled, bedeviled, bedraggled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, boggled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, bungled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, commingled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dangled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, jangled, jostled, juggled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entangled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, giggled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, haggled, handled, hassled, heckled, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, initialed, intermingled, mangled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mingled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, newfangled, nibbled, ogled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, singled, sizzled, smuggled, spangled, sparkled, speckled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, straggled, strangled, struggled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tangled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toggled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, wangled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrangled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: darnels, landers, slander. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-n-r-s" | |
-1 letter: alders, darnel, denars, elands, ladens, laders, lander, learns, naleds, redans, sander, sendal, snared. | |
-2 letters: alder, arles, dales, dares, darns, deals, deans, dears, denar, earls, earns, eland, elans, laden, lader, lades, lands, lanes, lards, lares, lased, laser, leads, leans, learn, lears, lends, naled, nards, nares, nears, nerds, rales, rands, rased, reads, reals, redan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-n-r-s" | |
+1 letter: adrenals, candlers, dandlers, danglers, glanders, handlers, islander, ladrones, landlers, launders, lurdanes, mandrels, slanders, solander, spandrel. | |
+2 letters: auslander, banderols, bilanders, calendars, calenders, chandlers, colanders, conelrads, draglines, ensnarled, forelands, inlanders, islanders, laundress, laundries, lavenders, oleanders, overlands, rehandles, slandered, slanderer, solanders, spandrels, strangled, underlaps, underlays, unloaders, unsnarled, uplanders. | |
+3 letters: alexanders, auslanders, banderoles, bandoleers, bandoliers, blandisher, breadlines, chlordanes, cradlesong, declarants, disenthral, dreamlands, drinkables, endorsable, engarlands, farandoles, forestland, gardenfuls, girandoles, handlebars, headliners, heartlands, interlards, landowners, landscaper, launderers, linearised, lowlanders, madrilenes, mislearned, newsdealer, normalised, outlanders, philanders, rangelands, resaddling, roundelays, salamander, sanderling, sandlotter, screenland, slanderers, slandering, slanderous, strandline, tailenders, translated, ultradense, underclass, underplays, unsalaried, wanderlust. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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