snarl up

verb

to entangle

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snarlembrangle
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Meanings

verbsnarl up (third-person singular simple present snarls up, present participle snarling up, simple past and past participle snarled up)

present singular third person snarls up · participle present snarling up · participle past snarled up · past snarled up

  1. transitiveto entangle
  2. intransitiveTo become tangled; to become entangled
  3. transitiveTo block (traffic); to cause (traffic) to be congested.
  4. intransitiveto become congested.
  5. transitiveTo put into disarray; contort; confuse; muddle up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake more complicated or confused through entanglements

Similar
snarlembrangle
Broader
complicateperplex
Also see
embranglesnarl

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

snarl up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snarl%20up

MLA

“snarl up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snarl%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snarl up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snarl%20up.

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