The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AWFUL , but the solution may also be DREADFUL which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Terrible crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AWFUL | 33 % | 5 |
| DIRE | 31 % | 4 |
| DIREFUL | 8 % | 7 |
| BAD | 6 % | 3 |
| DREADFUL | 4 % | 8 |
| FELL | 4 % | 4 |
| HORRID | 4 % | 6 |
| ROTTEN | 2 % | 6 |
| WACK | 2 % | 4 |
| HOWSAD | 2 % | 6 |
| DREAD | 2 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Terrible
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dreadful
- awful
- horrendous
- atrocious
- horrific
- frightful
- bad
- abominable
- unspeakable
- frightening
- dire
- severe
Crossword Answer definitions
AWFUL adjective- Very bad.
- Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively.
- Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible.
- Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence or respect; profoundly impressive.
- Struck or filled with awe.
- Terror-stricken.
- Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding.
- Awfully; dreadfully; terribly.
- Very, extremely.
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 AWFUL
- Terrible
- The pits
- Worth no stars
- Dismal
- "Yuck!"-inducing
- Rotten
- Just terrible
- Appalling
- Yucky
- Worth two thumbs down
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 DIREFUL
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result DREADFUL
More clues leading to the result FELL
- Tumbled
- Toppled
- Character actor Norman
- Dove
- Collapsed
- Chop down
- Deadly, as a swoop
- Swoop's adjective
- Plummeted
- Cut down
More clues leading to the result HORRID
- Ghastly
- Dreadful
- Egregious
- Perfectly awful
- Absolutely atrocious
- Absolutely dreadful
- Just plain awful
- Atrocious
- Repulsive
- Abysmal
More clues leading to the result ROTTEN
- Worm-eaten
- Decomposed
- Sex Pistol's singer
- Decayed
- Suspicious, as in Hamlet's Denmark
- Wretchedly bad
- Despicable
- Wretchedly bad
- Front man Johnny of the Sex Pistols
- Spoiled
More clues leading to the result WACK
- Very bad, slangily
- Hardly phat
- Eccentric
- Terrible
- Weirdo
- Awful
- Screwball
- Bad, slangily
- Stupidly bad, in slang
- Inferior, slangily
More clues leading to the result HOWSAD
- "Alas!"
- "What a shame!"
- "That's a shame"
- "What a pity!"
- Tearful words
- "Terrible"
- "That's a downer"
- "I'm sorry to hear that"