The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GRIM which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Hardly cheerful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIM | 67 % | 4 |
| DOUR | 33 % | 4 |
Why may GRIM be the right solution?
"Hardly cheerful" is a clue that indicates a lack of positivity or happiness. The word "GRIM" means stern or forbidding in appearance or nature, which fits the idea of being far from cheerful.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hardly cheerful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dreary
- mournful
- sorrowful
- gloomy
- bleak
- atrabilious
- baleful
- balefully
- doleful
- dolent
- dolorous
- dolour
Crossword Answer definitions
GRIM noun- Specter, ghost, haunting spirit
- To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
- Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- Rigid and unrelenting
- Ghastly or sinister
- Disgusting; gross
- Anger, wrath.
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 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