Clues for the word "MEAGRE"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 67 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on December 19, 2024.
Definition of meagre
- a. - Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean.
- a. - Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery.
- a. - Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk.
- v. t. - To make lean.
- n. - A large European sciaenoid fish (Sciaena umbra or S. aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.
Referring Clues
- Thin, overseas
- Bath's not full enough?
- Scanty, in Scarborough
- Scanty, in Salisbury
- Scant, to a Brit
- Thin, on the Thames
- Inadequate, in Soho
- Measly
- Jejune
- Scanty, in London
- Skimpy
- Stingy - thin
- Poor in quality
- Scarce
- Insubstantial
- Insufficient
- Only a silver lining is too little
- Inadequate theme: a Great Bear appears
- Only the silver lining is rather scanty
- Paltry
- Many a bore is barren
- Scanty
- Sparse
- Thin silver found in lake
- Some think time a great healer - but it doesn't amount to much
- Inadequate Frenchman's a bore
- Many agree it's new and in short supply
- Lean, lissome, agreeable nurse
- Given some time, a greyhound appears thin
- A German entering pool is skinny
- Lake containing silver in very small quantity
- Pasquale given less than full assent? That's mean!
- Inadequate? Ministers initially agree to differ
- A thousand agree, perhaps: it's skimpy
- Thin, a leader of Guides diving into lake
- Lean, adult leader of group diving into lake
- A gallon in pool is unsatisfactorily small in amount
- Thin, a Guides' leader plunging into lake
- Inadequate part of wartime agreement
- Nothing better than a good stuffing, if you're this?
- Scant
- A simple silver lining that's skimpy
- Scarcely sufficient
- Insubstantial lake with silver lining
- "The ___ Company" (Frans Hals portrait)
- Thin
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - December 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - August 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 05, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 25, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 16, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 09, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 19, 2022
- New York Times - November 06, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 15, 2022
- Daily Quick - July 22, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2018
- Daily Quick - January 05, 2018
- Guardian Quick - November 13, 2017
- Daily Quick - October 21, 2017
- Guardian Speedy - October 08, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - July 19, 2017
- Daily Quick - June 25, 2017
- Daily Quick - May 09, 2017
- Guardian Quick - December 06, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - September 07, 2016
- New York Times - August 09, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - June 09, 2016
- Guardian Speedy - June 05, 2016
- And in 37 more crossword puzzles...