The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GRAVE which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2012.
Pretty grim crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRAVE | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pretty grim
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dire
- direful
- dismal
- dismaying
- blues
- demoralizing
- dismay
- desperate
- gutted
- crushing
- damper
- disheartened
Crossword Answer definitions
GRAVE noun- An excavation in the earth as a place of burial
- Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher.
- (by extension) Death, destruction.
- To dig.
- To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
- To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture.
- To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
- To entomb; to bury.
- To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
- A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).
- Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful.
- Low in pitch, tone etc.
- Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.
- Influential, important; authoritative.
- A count, prefect, or person holding office.
- To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
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