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| 99% | 13 | Exact Match! | ||
noun • a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness | ||||
| 48% | 15 | Applause, applause, applause | ||
noun • enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause) | ||||
| 33% | 10 | Slump causing gloom | ||
noun • a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity • a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment • a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment • a sunken or depressed geological formation • sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy • an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation • a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention • a concavity in a surface produced by pressing • angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object) • pushing down | ||||
Reduce Applause To Head Causing Gloom
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CHEERLESSNESS which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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CHEERLESSNESS
Updated: October 14, 2023
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| The Guardian Cryptic13 Dec 2001 | Across 17 | |
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