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1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 28% | 10 | In a gloomy or dour manner | |
3 | 28% | 6 | Dour or ill-humored | |
Dour Forbidding Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "GRIM" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
- • Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
- • Harshly ironic or sinister
- • Harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
- • Filled with melancholy and despondency
- • Causing dejection noun
- • Specter, ghost, haunting spirit
- • Anger, wrath. verb
- • To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to. adjective
- • Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- • Rigid and unrelenting
- • Ghastly or sinister
- • Disgusting; gross
An example sentence would be:
- • "The detective's face wore a grim expression as he surveyed the crime scene."
- • "After the accident, she had a grim outlook on life."
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