Dire Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Dire crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on December 23 2023 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Dire has a total of 5 letters.

Verified Answer
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Definition

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.
Of great weight; heavy; ponderous.
Of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character, relations, etc.; as, grave deportment, character, influence, etc.
Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.
Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.
Slow and solemn in movement.
To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.
To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.
To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.
To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.
To entomb; to bury.
To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

Check the table below for more likely or similar clues and answers related to Dire crossword clue.

Rank Answer Clue Publisher
99% GRAVE Dire Wall Street Journal
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Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:

  • Wall Street Journal Crossword, December 23 2023
  • Wall Street Journal Crossword, August 6 2022

The answer to Dire crossword clue is GRAVE

There are a total of 5 letters in Dire crossword clue

The Dire crossword clue was last seen on December 23 2023 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle


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