SNARL UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Make more complicated or confused through entanglements

Synonyms:

embrangle; snarl; snarl up

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "snarl up" is one way to...):

complicate; perplex (make more complicated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "snarl up"):

snafu (cause to be in a state of complete confusion)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something