The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GLOOMY , but the solution may also be NEGATIVE which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Pessimistic crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GLOOMY | 29 % | 6 |
| BEARISH | 21 % | 7 |
| GRIM | 14 % | 4 |
| NEGATIVE | 14 % | 8 |
| UNHOPEFUL | 7 % | 9 |
| DOUR | 7 % | 4 |
| SOUR | 7 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pessimistic
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- discouraged
- disheartened
- bearish
- demoralized
- grim
- gloomy
- sombre
- passive
- bleak
- negative
- optimistic
- dramatic
Crossword Answer definitions
GLOOMY adjective- Not very illuminated; dim because of darkness, especially when appearing depressing or frightening.
- Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
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 GLOOMY
- Emo
- Under a cloud
- Dark
- Depressing
- Down in the dumps
- Like Eeyore's outlook
- Pessimistic
- Downcast.
- Melancholy.
- Like Poe settings
More clues leading to the result BEARISH
- Like a grizzly
- Expecting a decline in the market
- Expecting a fall
- Not optimistic, in a way
- Surly
- Predicting a market decline
- Pessimistic about Wall Street
- Like some investors
- Like the market at times
- Expecting a decline
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 NEGATIVE
- Contradictory
- 1,000 in the phrase "No, no a thousand times no!" is an example of a ___ number
- Below zero
- Like certain battery terminals
- Unfavorable, as reviews
- One of two signs in this puzzle
- No.
- Camera product.
- Photographic film.
- Film.
More clues leading to the result UNHOPEFUL
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