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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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DIRE
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

KEEN
A funeral lament sung with loud wailing

RUDE
Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"

CLAD

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TOUGH
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

STIFF
The dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

SHARP
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

ROUGH
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

HARSH
Sharply disagreeable; rigorous; "the harsh facts of court delays"; "an abrasive character"

GREAT
Remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

ACUTE
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

ULTRA
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative"

LINED
Bordered by a line of things; "tree lined streets"

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SEVERE
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

STRONG
Being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"

POTENT
Having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

HEROIC
Having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes; "the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy"; "heroic explorers"

FIERCE
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

SUITED

DROOPY

ROLLED

GARBED

URGENT

CURTAL

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ENCASED

SPRAWLY
Spread out irregularly; "a big sprawly city"

INTENSE
(of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue"

FURIOUS
Marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

DRASTIC
Forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"

CUTTING
The act of diluting something; "the cutting of whiskey with water"; "the thinning of paint with turpentine"

EXTREME
The furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes"

RADICAL
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

VIOLENT
Characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode

CLOAKED
Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks"

ARRAYED
In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia; "professors arrayed in robes"

ADORNED
Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

WRAPPED

FOLDING

MODELED

DONNISH

DRESSED

ROLLING

ATTIRED

CLOTHED

COVERED

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DROPPING

REVOLVED

ENZOOTIC

DROOPING

ENCLOSED

POWERFUL
Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"

VIRULENT
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

VIGOROUS
Strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson

VENOMOUS
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

VEHEMENT
Characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"

RIGOROUS
Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"

PUISSANT
Powerful

PIERCING
Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

FORCIBLE
Impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

FORCEFUL
Forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"

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DESPERATE
A person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"

DRACONIAN
Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws; "Draconian measures"

UNSPARING
Not forbearing; ruthless; "an unsparing critic"

SWINGEING
Severe; punishingly bad; "swingeing taxation"; "swingeing damages awarded by the judge"

SPLITTING
Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"

EXCESSIVE
Beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

DECORATED
Provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

OBSTINATE
Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

DIFFICULT

SPRAWLING

ENWRAPPED

CURTAINED

OUTFITTED

SUSPENDED

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SURROUNDED
Confined on all sides; "a camp surrounded by enemies"; "the encircled pioneers"

ENVELOPING

OUTRAGEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

IMMODERATE
Beyond reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter"; "immoderate spending"

EXORBITANT
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

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INTEMPERATE
Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker"

EXTRAVAGANT
Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"

SURROUNDING

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UNREASONABLE

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THOROUGHGOING
Performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research"

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UNCONSCIONABLE
Lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"