A History of Short Words
From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle
DIRE
- Sun, 9 Jun '24
- Dreadful
- Thu, 28 Sep '23
- Dismal
- Fri, 7 Jul '23
- Requiring immediate attention
- Wed, 15 Mar '23
- Life-or-death
- Mon, 12 Dec '22
- In ___ straits
- Tue, 6 Dec '22
- Potentially catastrophic
- Sun, 1 May '22
- Ominous
- Fri, 15 Apr '22
- Critical
- Wed, 2 Feb '22
- Grim
- Sun, 26 Sep '21
- Not looking good at all
- Tue, 15 Jun '21
- Warning of disaster
- Fri, 8 Jan '21
- Pressing
- Sun, 3 Jan '21
- Very serious