Grating
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 19 crossword solutions for Grating which appeared recently in Irish Independent - Simple.

We have deemed Grating as a VERY COMMON crossword clue, we've seen it more than 19 times in a variety of crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "STRIDENT".

Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 19 Aug 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Tuesday, 20 Jul 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Friday, 7 May 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021
  • Evening Standard Easy Crossword - Friday, 13 Nov 2020
  • The Daily Mail Smallest Hardest - Monday, 2 Nov 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Tuesday, 14 Apr 2020
  • The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 13 Mar 2016

Crossword Answers

4 letters

GRID
A perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

5 letters

GRATE
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire

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

RASPY
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

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

GRILL
A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"

SHARP Mike Smallman
Quick and forceful; "a sharp blow"

6 letters

GRILLE
A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"

7 letters

IRKSOME
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

LATTICE Howard
Small opening (like a window in a door) through which business can be transacted

JARRING
Making or causing a harsh and irritating sound; "the jarring noise of the iron gate scraping on the sidewalk"

RASPING
Uttering in an irritated tone

8 letters

GRAVELLY
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

SCRATCHY
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

SCRAPING
A deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility); "all that bowing and scraping did not impress him"

ANNOYING
The act of troubling or annoying someone

STRIDENT
Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

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

18 letters

DIFFRACTIONGRATING
Optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum

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