The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ALARMING , but the solution may also be DIRE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Frightful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALARMING | 21 % | 8 |
| GHASTLY | 14 % | 7 |
| UGLY | 11 % | 4 |
| LURID | 7 % | 5 |
| GRISLY | 7 % | 6 |
| SCARY | 7 % | 5 |
| HORRIFIC | 7 % | 8 |
| GRIM | 7 % | 4 |
| DIRE | 4 % | 4 |
| STARTLING | 4 % | 9 |
| SPOOKY | 4 % | 6 |
| HIDEOUS | 4 % | 7 |
| HAIRY | 4 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Frightful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fearful
- alarming
- horrifying
- terrible
- horrible
- atrocious
- ugly
- bad
- extraordinary
- frightening
- scary
- fearsome
Crossword Answer definitions
ALARMING verb- To call to arms for defense
- To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
- To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
- To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- To keep in excitement; to disturb.
- Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
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 ALARMING
More clues leading to the result GHASTLY
More clues leading to the result UGLY
- Cinderella's sisters, for certain
- Like an ogre
- Loathsome
- Not very pretty
- Sight that makes eyes sore
- Dangerous, as a situation
- Like some truths
- The __ Duckling
- Coyote ___
- Ill-favored
More clues leading to the result LURID
- Like pulp fiction
- Glaringly vivid
- Grisly
- Like some details
- Gruesome
- Lake tabloid shockers
- Like pulp magazines
- Shocking (5)
- Sensationalized
- Glaringly sensational
More clues leading to the result GRISLY
- Like a horror show
- Shockingly repellent
- Frightful
- Like King's tales
- Appalling
- Harsh and forbidding.
- Forbidding
- Like a horror story
- Horrible
- Inspiring intense fear
More clues leading to the result SCARY
- Like a King novel
- Like a Vincent Price movie
- Like a haunted house
- Mel B. nickname
- Alarming
- Spine-tingling
- Gooseflesh-inducing
- Nightmarish
- Chilling
- Menacing
More clues leading to the result HORRIFIC
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 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 STARTLING
- Frightening.
- Frightful.
- Shocking.
- Causing surprise
- Scary or wondrous
- Alarming
- Wondrous
- Unexpected
- Amazing
- Astonishing