The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SAD which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2011.
Doleful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAD | 67 % | 3 |
| DREAR | 17 % | 5 |
| DREARY | 8 % | 6 |
| FUNEST | 8 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Doleful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sad
- mournful
- funest
- lugubrious
- sorrowful
- dolorous
- piteous
- forlorn
- gloomy
- somber
- grim
- woebegone
Crossword Answer definitions
SAD verb- To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- Steadfast, valiant.
- Dignified, serious, grave.
- Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
- The letter ص in the Arabic script.
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 SAD
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 DREARY
- Like a rainy day
- Cheerless
- Humdrum
- Lacking in liveliness
- Tedious
- Depressive
- Like a dismal day
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Not all that bright