GNARLING Synonyms

• the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

• noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others

• a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)

• the sound of growling (as made by animals)

• a loud low dull continuous noise

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound

• abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

• playfully vexing (especially by ridicule)

• plundering with excessive damage and destruction

• ruinously destructive and wasting

• sullen or unfriendly in appearance

• expressive of contempt

• aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

• abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule

• tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

• a noise resembling the bark of a dog

• a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

• the sound made by a dog

• speak in an unfriendly tone

• cover with bark

• remove the bark of a tree

• make barking sounds

• tan (a skin) with bark tannins

• a contorted facial expression

• contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

• A heated argument.

• a vicious angry growl

• an angry vicious expression

• something jumbled or confused

• utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

• make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass

• make more complicated or confused through entanglements

• Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

• a gunshot from a concealed location

• hunt or shoot snipe

• aim and shoot with great precision

• attack in speech or writing

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

• a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• utter a hoarse sound, like a raven

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• a loud low dull continuous noise

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

• make a low noise

• a tight cluster of people or things

• any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object

• a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged

• (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour

• something twisted and tight and swollen

• soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design

• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere

• make into knots; make knots out of

• tie or fasten into a knot

• tangle or complicate

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

• a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

• an abnormal sound of the heart; sometimes a sign of abnormal function of the heart valves

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• speak softly or indistinctly

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath