snarling

adj

1. Growling, having a snarl.

   “The snarling dog scared me away without ever opening its mouth.”

   “Mr. Trump’s campaign of retribution began to intensify in mid-July after an adviser stoked his snarling impatience over the slow pace of Justice Department investigations.”

noun

1. The act of producing a snarl or growl.

   “When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of snarl