The Clue
Most dreadful (6 letter answer)
The Answer
DIREST
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Notes
The answer DIREST is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 900 puzzles.
Related Clues
Worst
Most calamitous
Most desperate
Most dismal
Most hopeless
Most ominous
Most urgent
Terrible to the max
Like the worst predictions
Definition
DIRE as an adjective:
1. (desperate, dire) = fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
2. (awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible) = 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"