Dictionary entry

Snarl (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Snarl, v. t. [From Snare, v. t.] 1. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots; as, to snarl a skein of thread. “Her snarled hair.” Spenser.

2. To embarrass; to insnare.

question that they would have snarled him with. Latimer.