Dreadful Crossword Clue

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Dreadful Crossword Answer

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ABYSMAL

(7 letters)

HORRID

(6 letters)

DIRE

(4 letters)

VILE

(4 letters)

HORRIBLE

(8 letters)

LOUSY

(5 letters)

Helpful Hints

(adverb)
1. with great intensity (`bad’ is a nonstandard variant for `badly’)
2. very much; strongly
(noun)
1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
(adjective)
1. very intense
2. not capable of being collected

Hint 2: Clue Definition

DREADFUL (adjective)
1. causing fear or dread or terror
2. exceptionally bad or displeasing

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

ABYSMAL
(7 letters)
HORRID
(6 letters)
DIRE
(4 letters)
VILE
(4 letters)
HORRIBLE
(8 letters)
LOUSY
(5 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
DAB

More USA Today Crossword (3/9/2026) Answers

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16. Rocks in a drink

17. *"This makes total sense now"

19. Small quibble

20. Letter before upsilon

21. Spare room user

22. Color of goji berries

23. Email button

24. Unofficial drawings by devotees

27. "Billions" network, for short

29. *Tangy, savory pastry

32. Genre often featuring time travel

34. Smoothie berry

35. Language similar to Thai

36. Board game with an Explorers & Pirates expansion

37. Later gator

38. Snack served with tea

40. Smartphone download

41. Mini-golf stick

43. Sweeping tales

44. *Investments with inherent physical worth

48. The A of IPA

49. Gay dating 40-Across

50. Dugout equipment

52. Haggis grain

53. Silly

55. Winged worker

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63. Best possible

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65. Braying animal

66. Gently throw

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Down

1. Just slightly

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3. Hawaiian celebration

4. Not online, for short

5. Protrusion

6. Got by

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8. Experienced public humiliation

9. Ostrich relative

10. Psychic power: Abbr.

11. Baby lotion ingredient

12. Hypnotic music genre

13. Furry family member

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22. Sociable rodent

23. Couch

25. 'One thing ___ time!'

26. Hoot or toot

27. People getting the blame

28. Lineups of top tunes

30. Well see

31. A frog has 18 of them

32. Sign of a past injury

33. Like the god Inti

37. Greyhound trips

39. Form 1040 pros

42. Trippy drug

45. Ignited

46. Sport for young sluggers

47. Rational

51. Lab workers

54. Confidentiality docs

55. Dove or hawk

56. Disney queen who freezes things

57. Utopian garden

58. Lamb's sound

59. Sch. near Harvard

60. Rite answer?

61. Tool for tilling soil

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