Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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snarl

/ˈsnɑː(ɹ)l/ verb, noun

Forms snarls snarling snarled

  1. verb (transitive) To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots. “to snarl a skein of thread”
  2. verb (intransitive) To become entangled.
  3. verb (transitive) To place in an embarrassing situation; to ensnare; to make overly complicated.
  4. verb (transitive, intransitive) To be congested in traffic, or to make traffic congested.
  5. verb To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface; to repoussé
  6. noun A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle.
  7. noun An intricate complication; a problematic difficulty; a knotty or tangled situation.
  8. noun A slow-moving traffic jam.
  9. verb (intransitive) To growl angrily by gnashing or baring the teeth; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds.
  10. verb (transitive) To complain angrily; to utter growlingly.
  11. verb (intransitive) To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
  12. noun The act of snarling; a growl; a surly or peevish expression; an angry contention.
  13. noun A growl, for example that of an angry or surly dog, or similar; grumbling sounds.
  14. noun A squabble.

Synonyms

ensnare ensnarl ravel enmesh entangle foul implicate imply involve mat tangle entanglement imbroglio maze snap snarl up embrangle

Antonyms

unsnarl

Etymology

From Middle English snarlen, frequentative of snaren (“to trap, tangle”). Equivalent to snare + -le.

Frequentative of earlier snar (“to growl”), perhaps from Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), of probably imitative origin. Equivalent to snar + -le. Related to German schnarren (“to rattle”) and schnurren (“to hum, buzz”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.
  2. verb To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. "Her snarled hair." Spenser.
  3. verb To embarrass; to insnare.
  4. noun A knot or complication of hair, thread, or the like, difficult to disentangle; entanglement; hence, intricate complication; embarrassing difficulty.

Etymology [Etymol. uncertain.]

Etymology [From Snare, v. t.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “snarl”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “snarl” (best matches first).