Very serious - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 08/03/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Very serious.

7 letter answer(s) to very serious

  1. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid"
  2. habitual; "a chronic smoker"
  3. of long duration; "chronic money problems"
  1. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
  2. earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences"
  3. not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal
  4. Serious, straight-faced, humourless
  5. something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract

4 letter answer(s) to very serious

  1. 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"
  2. 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"

8 letter answer(s) to very serious

  1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
  2. causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
  3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
  4. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

Frequently asked questions about ‘Very serious’

What's the best solution for Very serious?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Very serious is DIRE. Other possible answers include CHRONIC, EARNEST, GRIEVOUS.

How many solutions are there for Very serious?

We have found 4 possible answers for the crossword clue Very serious.

Which crosswords feature clues like Very serious?

Clues like Very serious often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Guardian Prize, Daily Star, The Independent Inquisitor, The Sunday Times Mephisto, The Daily Telegraph Daily, among others.


Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Very serious'

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Dreadful9
Awful8
Serious7
Sincere7
Acute6
Terrible5
Calamitous4
Disastrous4
Ominous4
Urgent4
Desperate3
Fraught with danger3
Heartfelt3
Ingrained3
Horrendous2
Inveterate2
Life-or-death2
Sneer at2
(Of a problem) long-lasting1
(Of an illness) long-lasting1
(Over-)serious1
... assurance to win tight set1
Absolutely serious eastern winds1
Advance payment showing sincerity1
Apocalyptic1
Austere English composer's blocking film1
Awful finisher, reportedly?1
Constantly recurring1
Dedicated a Sterne novel1
Determined to broadcast Hemingway, for example1
Dreadful order disregards court's contribution1
Dreadful, as circumstance1
Dries out properties that are distressing to be in1
Extremely serious1
Foreboding trouble1
Grievous1
Heading across France occasionally to find grave1
Hemingway, perhaps, penning article, becomes serious1
Horrific1
In ___ straits1
Kind of need1
Kind of straits1
Like some consequences1
Like some straits1
Like true believers1
Listener starts to need expert solvers to be serious1
Long-lasting; deplorable1
Maybe Hemingway's taking answer to grave1
More than serious1
Nearly hopeless1

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