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Dispiriting Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
BLEAK which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
BLEAK
Updated: October 10, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "BLEAK" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Offering little or no hope
- • Providing no shelter or sustenance
- • Unpleasantly cold and damp adjective
- • Without color; pale; pallid.
- • Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- • Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate. noun
- • A small european river fish (alburnus alburnus), of the family cyprinidae.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The small, rundown town had a bleak atmosphere."
- • "After losing his job, john faced a bleak future."
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| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| New York Times17 Jan 1992 | Down 44 | |
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