Steep
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Steep" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 26 crossword solutions for Steep.

We most recently saw this clue in Irish Independent - Simple.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 14 Jun 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Thursday, 10 Dec 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 8 Sep 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 29 Aug 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 19 Feb 2017

Crossword Answers

4 letters

SOAK
Washing something by allowing it to soak

DEAR
A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

BREW
Sit or let sit in boiling water so as to extract the flavor; "the tea is brewing"

5 letters

CLIFF
A steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

SHEER
Cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle"

PRICY
Having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant"

HILLY
Having hills and crags; "hilly terrain"

6 letters

INFUSE
Let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse; "steep the blossoms in oil"; "steep the fruit in alcohol"

UPHILL
The upward slope of a hill

COSTLY
Having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant"

ABSORB
Cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"

ENGULF
Flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

PLUNGE
A brief swim in water

SOAKUP
Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"

7 letters

IMMERSE
Cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"

ENGROSS
Consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

8 letters

USURIOUS
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

MACERATE
Cause to grow thin or weak; "The treatment emaciated him"

9 letters

EXPENSIVE
High in price or charging high prices; "expensive clothes"; "an expensive shop"

10 letters

OUTRAGEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

EXORBITANT
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

11 letters

ACCLIVITOUS
Sloping upward

PRECIPITOUS
Extremely steep; "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

DECLIVITOUS
Sloping down rather steeply

12 letters

EXTORTIONATE
Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usurious interest rate"; "unconscionable spending"

14 letters

UNCONSCIONABLE
Lacking a conscience; "a conscienceless villain"; "brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless"; "an unconscionable liar"