Snarling
[snɑ:lɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vvb. n.) of Snarl
(-) a. & n. from Snarl, v.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Snappish.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cross, crabbed, peevish, cynical, snappish,[See CALM]
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Examples
- Wait, she whispered, leave them to me, and pushing me advanced, all defenceless and unarmed, upon the snarling banths. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This door was open; a light shone out of the room within: I heard thence a snarling, snatching sound, almost like a dog quarrelling. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The cat remains where they found her, still snarling at the something on the ground before the fire and between the two chairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The cat has retreated close to it and stands snarling, not at them, at something on the ground before the fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I can carry my years; I am not a brimstone poll-parrot (snarling and looking unconsciously for the cushion), but I need attention, my dear friend. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His back-drawn, snarling lips exposed his great fighting fangs, and his little, wicked, blood-shot eyes gleamed in horrid reflection of his madness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As he shook his heavy hand at me, with his mouth snarling like a tiger's, I felt that it was true. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Mr. Thornton is plain enough, but he's not like a bulldog, with its short broad nose, and snarling upper lip. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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