snaggledadj.
U.S.
1. Of teeth: Uneven, irregular, projecting. Also transferred.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [adjective] > broken or irregular
snaggle-toothed1585
saw-toothed1588
snagged1688
snaggy1703
snaggled1884
the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]
unevenc1275
rudea1393
craggeda1400
knaggedc1430
raggedc1450
raggy1483
cocklya1529
rugged1528
knaggy1552
unlevel?a1560
craggy1568
scraggy1574
balkish1577
cockling1582
cockled1600
unequal1613
salebrous1633
scragged1641
inequal1661
unevenly1683
hummocky1767
snaggly1794
snaggy1806
hobblya1825
shreddy1835
scraggly1869
bobbly1909
pebbly1923
snaggled1938
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective]
roughOE
snaggy1581
toothy1611
jagged1651
snagged1658
jaggy1717
splintery1829
snaggled1938
1884 J. G. Bourke Snake Dance Moquis xxxii. 360 His snaggled teeth, projecting tusk-like from an unnecessarily large mouth.
1889 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Despot Broomsedge Cove xxii. 396 He glanced at Jepson with a lively little grin, all his snaggled teeth on parade.
1938 J. Steinbeck Long Valley 58 The sharp snaggled edge of the ridge stood out above them.
1942 W. Faulkner Go down, Moses & Other Stories 69 A few snaggled trees of what had been an orchard.
2. Knotty, intricate.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > difficult to solve
knurry1615
puzzling1638
snaggled1896
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective]
nice?a1500
plaited1532
intricablea1540
unsimple?1541
entangled1561
intrinsicate1562
Gordian1606
involved1643
complexed1646
contortuplicated1648
complicated1656
puzzled1659
involute1669
complicatea1687
complex1715
woofed1820
snaggled1896
non-transparent1939
complexified1962
1896 Advance (Chicago) 26 Mar. 457/1 Snaggled problems grew plain as light, under the gentle explanations which she could give.
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adj.1884