Clues for the word "DEMERIT"
We've had 39 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 95 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on June 10, 2026.
Definition of demerit
- n. - That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
- n. - That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
- n. - The state of one who deserves ill.
- n. - To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
- n. - To depreciate or cry down.
- v. i. - To deserve praise or blame.
Referring Clues
- Mark for misconduct
- Bad mark in school
- Point off, as for bad behavior
- Class clown's "reward," often
- Mark given for talking in study hall
- A mark against
- Blemish on one's school record
- Bad mark
- Bad point
- Misconduct mark
- Mark of misconduct
- Point out?
- Loss of points
- Black mark gotten for misconduct
- Black mark
- Mark for an offending pupil
- Bad mark for a student
- Mark off?
- Ill-desert
- Censure mark
- Fault
- Mark of punishment in school
- Mark against
- A fault that makes me tired
- It's the one fault that spoils Tim Reed
- Fault that makes me tired
- Weakness makes me tired
- Something deserving censure
- Dimeter wrote again: a bad sign
- Fault, failing
- Tim Reed's foolish fault
- Disadvantage
- Teacher's punishment
- Unfavorable mark
- Maybe tried to involve me in something wrong
- Undesirable quality
- Fault, disadvantage
- Mark on one's record
- Flaw
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 10, 2026
- Daily American - March 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2026
- Daily American - January 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 15, 2025
- Daily American - June 15, 2025
- Daily American - January 04, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - November 18, 2024
- Daily American - October 18, 2024
- Daily American - October 04, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 13, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 18, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - March 13, 2024
- Daily American - February 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2024
- Daily American - January 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 24, 2023
- USA Today - October 08, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - July 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 23, 2023
- Daily American - June 15, 2023
- Family Time - June 12, 2023
- LA Times - May 28, 2023
- And in 65 more crossword puzzles...