The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DOUR , but the solution may also be SOMBER which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).
Hardly upbeat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOUR | 38 % | 4 |
| GRIM | 38 % | 4 |
| SOMBER | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hardly upbeat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dreary
- bleak
- gloomy
- miserable
- sullen
- waste
- dismally
- disconsolate
- dismal
- desolate
- malaise
- blues
Crossword Answer definitions
DOUR adjective- Stern, harsh and forbidding.
- Unyielding and obstinate.
- Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
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 DOUR
- Forbidding
- Saturnine
- Silently ill-humored
- Not elated
- Sullen
- Gloomy or forbidding
- Gloomy
- Gloomy or stern
- Far from cheerful
- No fun to be around
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