snarlier

Increasingly knotted up

Snarlier is the comparative form of snarky crossed with gnarlier—more tangled, more ill-tempered, or more complicated than something else.

Traffic can be snarlier on holidays.

A dog's mood can turn snarlier when strangers approach.

A knotted rope is snarlier than a smooth one.

The plot got snarlier with each new twist.

temperament

grumpier

More bad-tempered

grouchier · moodier · irritable · bad-tempered · cantankerous · peevish · crabby · snappier · waspish · pricklier

tangled

knotted

Tied with loops

messier · unkempt · tangled · disheveled · ratty · kinkier · tousled · snagged · raveled · windswept

traffic

congested

Blocked by overcrowding

bottlenecked · slower · choked · bumper-to-bumper · standstill · crawling · blocked · impassable · rush-hour · logjammed

Opposites
physical texture/condition

snarliersmoother

More even, less coarse

sleeker · silkier · simpler · neater · straighter

temperament/demeanor

snarlierfriendlier

More warmly disposed

sweeter · gentler · kinder · mellower · calmer

Family

snarling, snarliest

Familiarity
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