Antonyms of verb snarl

1 of 4 senses of snarl

Sense 3
entangle, tangle, mat, snarl -- (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord")
       Antonym of unsnarl (Sense 1)
      => disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out -- (extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb snarl

4 senses of snarl

Sense 1
snap, snarl -- (utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us")
       => talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")

Sense 2
snarl -- (make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets snarled past us")
       => sound, go -- (make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'")

Sense 3
entangle, tangle, mat, snarl -- (twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child entangled the cord")
       => twist, twine, distort -- (form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted")

Sense 4
snarl, snarl up, embrangle -- (make more complicated or confused through entanglements)
       => complicate, perplex -- (make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter")

Antonyms of adj snarled

1 sense of snarled

Sense 1
knotty, snarled, snarly -- (tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread")

INDIRECT (VIA tangled) -> untangled -- (not tangled)

Similarity of adj snarled

1 sense of snarled

Sense 1
knotty, snarled, snarly -- (tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread")
       => tangled (vs. untangled) -- (in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes")

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