The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MISS which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2018.
Chafe at the absence of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MISS | 100 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Chafe at the absence of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- abrade
- chafed
- excoriate
- fray
- frayed
- frazzle
- fret
- fretfulness
- fretting
- gall
- galled
- anger
Crossword Answer definitions
MISS noun- A failure to hit.
- A failure to obtain or accomplish.
- An act of avoidance (used with the verb give).
- The situation where an item is not found in a cache and therefore needs to be explicitly loaded.
- To fail to hit.
- To fail to achieve or attain.
- To avoid; to escape.
- To become aware of the loss or absence of; to feel the want or need of, sometimes with regret.
- To fail to understand; to have a shortcoming of perception; overlook.
- To fail to attend.
- To be late for something (a means of transportation, a deadline, etc.).
- To be wanting; to lack something that should be present.
- (said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
- To fail to score (a goal).
- To go wrong; to err.
- To be absent, deficient, or wanting.
- A title of respect for a young woman (usually unmarried) with or without a name used.
- An unmarried woman; a girl.
- A kept woman; a mistress.
- In the game of three-card loo, an extra hand, dealt on the table, which may be substituted for the hand dealt to a player.
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