snarl

to speak sharply or irritably she snarled at me after I kept badgering her with questions Synonyms bark, snarlRelated Words growl, grumble; roar, scream, shout, shriek, yell; fulminate, rage, rant, rave, sputter, storm, tee off, vent, vituperate; blow up, explode, flare (up), flip (out) [slang]Near Antonyms calm (down), simmer down

to twist together into a usually confused mass you'll be awfully sorry if you snarl your fishing line Synonyms interlace, intertwine, intertwist, interweave, knot, snarl, tangleRelated Words jumble, scrabble, scramble; braid, enlace, entwine, entwist, inweave, plait, twine, weave, wind, wreathe, writheNear Antonyms unknot, unravel, unscramble; unweaveAntonyms disentangle, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist

a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement to no avail, the city promotes carpooling to help ease the traffic snarls that always accompany rush hour Synonyms backup, bottleneck, jam-up, logjam, jam, tailback [British], tie-upRelated Words tangle; gridlock, lock; congestion, traffic; crawl, delay, slowdown, stoppage