Glum Crossword Clue

Last seen in: The Washington Post · 2026-10-08

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(noun)

  1. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
  2. soft fine feathers
  3. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
  4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
  5. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

(verb)

  1. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
  2. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
  3. eat up completely, as with great appetite
  4. drink down entirely
  5. cause to come or go down
  6. shoot at and force to come down

(adjective)

  1. being or moving lower in position or less in some value

(adverb)

  1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
  2. away from a more central or a more northerly place
  3. paid in cash at time of purchase
  4. in an inactive or inoperative state
  5. to a lower intensity
  6. from an earlier time

(adjective satellite)

  1. filled with melancholy and despondency
  2. not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
  3. shut
  4. lower than previously
  5. understood perfectly
  6. being put out by a strikeout
  7. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
  8. becoming progressively lower

(adjective satellite)

  1. moody and melancholic
  2. showing a brooding ill humor

1 Potential Answers:

  • 99% match 4 letters
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    Glum (4)

    The Washington Post · Oct 8, 2026

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