The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DRAB , but the solution may also be GRIM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Cheerless crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DRAB | 37 % | 4 |
| DISMAL | 19 % | 6 |
| BLEAK | 17 % | 5 |
| DREARY | 8 % | 6 |
| DREAR | 8 % | 5 |
| SAD | 6 % | 3 |
| GRIM | 3 % | 4 |
| STARK | 1 % | 5 |
| DOUR | 1 % | 4 |
Why may GRIM be the right solution?
The word "grim" means stern and forbidding in appearance or character, which is synonymous with being cheerless.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cheerless
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- disconsolate
- dreary
- drear
- depressing
- grim
- somber
- gloomy
- dismal
- dispiriting
- sombre
- drab
- dingy
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DRAB
- Dreary
- Lacking pizazz
- Like khaki
- Lackluster
- Far from colorful
- Blah
- Completely blah
- Dull-looking
- Humdrum
- Not so colorful
More clues leading to the result DISMAL
More clues leading to the result BLEAK
- Hopeless
- __ House (Dickens)
- Far from comforting
- Discouraging
- ___ House
- Desolate
- Dickens's "___ House"
- Dreary
- Like the tundra
- Cheerless
More clues leading to the result DREARY
- Like a rainy day
- Cheerless
- Humdrum
- Lacking in liveliness
- Tedious
- Depressive
- Like a dismal day
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Not all that bright
More clues leading to the result DREAR
- Dark and gloomy
- Dismal
- Gloomy, in poetry
- Gloomy, in Brit Lit
- Lacking cheer, poetically
- Gloominess
- Dismal, to Donne
- Bleak
- Gloomy, poetically
- Bleak, to Blake
More clues leading to the result SAD
More clues leading to the result GRIM
- Like the 'Reaper'
- Sinister
- Not at all rosy
- Long-faced
- Like the `Reaper'
- Really dark
- Not looking so good
- Morbid
- Not looking rosy
- Bleak in outlook
More clues leading to the result STARK
- Bare
- Desolate
- Unvarnished
- Like barren landscapes or unflattering lighting
- With high contrast
- Sharply defined
- Downright
- Undecorated
- ___ raving mad
- ___ naked