The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIRE , but the solution may also be ABYSMAL which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Universal uClick).
Dreadful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIRE | 59 % | 4 |
| HORRID | 8 % | 6 |
| ABYSMAL | 5 % | 7 |
| GRIM | 4 % | 4 |
| VILE | 3 % | 4 |
| AWESOME | 3 % | 7 |
| ATROCIOUS | 3 % | 9 |
| FELL | 3 % | 4 |
| HORRIFIC | 3 % | 8 |
| BAD | 3 % | 3 |
| AWFUL | 3 % | 5 |
| TRAGIC | 1 % | 6 |
| HORRENDOUS | 1 % | 10 |
| TERRIFYING | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Dreadful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- horrific
- terrible
- direful
- atrocious
- dreaded
- horrendous
- dread
- fearsome
- fearful
- frightening
- awful
- alarming
Crossword Answer definitions
DIRE adjective- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
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 DIRE
- Harrowing
- Kind of straits
- Urgent
- Critical
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Macabre
- Straits or consequences preceder
- Very urgent
- Disastrous
More clues leading to the result HORRID
- Ghastly
- Dreadful
- Egregious
- Perfectly awful
- Absolutely atrocious
- Absolutely dreadful
- Just plain awful
- Atrocious
- Repulsive
- Abysmal
More clues leading to the result ABYSMAL
- Pathetic
- Appalling
- Like a cellar-dweller's record
- Unfathomable
- Immeasurably deep
- Hopeless
- Totally dreadful
- Beyond poor
- Hopelessly bad
- Really, really bad
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 VILE
- Despicable
- Disgusting
- Contemptible
- Reprehensible
- Foul
- Miserable
- Apt anagram of "evil"
- Abhorrent
- Beneath contempt
- Awful-tasting
More clues leading to the result AWESOME
- Sweet
- "Far out!"
- Overwhelming
- Very impressive
- Modernized 1-Across
- "Cool!"
- Spectacular
- Spectacular, slangily
- "Like, totally rad!"
- Terrific, to teens
More clues leading to the result ATROCIOUS
- Exceptionally bad
- Just plain awful
- Horrible
- Dreadful
- Execrable
- God-awful
- Deplorable
- Appalling
- Horrid
- Appallingly bad
More clues leading to the result FELL
- Tumbled
- Toppled
- Character actor Norman
- Dove
- Collapsed
- Chop down
- Deadly, as a swoop
- Swoop's adjective
- Plummeted
- Cut down
More clues leading to the result HORRIFIC
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result AWFUL
- Terrible
- The pits
- Worth no stars
- Dismal
- "Yuck!"-inducing
- Rotten
- Just terrible
- Appalling
- Yucky
- Worth two thumbs down
More clues leading to the result TRAGIC
- Disastrous
- Dreadful
- Very sad
- Like a Sophocles play
- Terribly sad
- Like certain flaws
- Like Hamlet
- Like "Macbeth"
- Ill-fated
- Like "Romeo and Juliet"