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")