Crossword-Solution: DESDEMONA
We have 18 clues for the answer “DESDEMONA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Ill-fated Shakespearean spouse | 1 answer |
| Venetian beauty of literature | 1 answer |
| The "thee" in Shakespeare's line "But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, / Chaos is come again" | 1 answer |
| Shakespearean wife. | 1 answer |
| Shakespearean character who says "His unkindness may defeat my life, / But never taint my love" | 1 answer |
| Othello's wife | 1 answer |
| Othello's spouse | 1 answer |
| Daughter to Brabantio. | 1 answer |
| Brabantio's ill-fated daughter. | 1 answer |
| Brabantio's fair daughter | 1 answer |
| Othello’s ill-fated wife | 1 answer |
| Othello's victim | 2 answers |
| Role in Verdi opera. | 2 answers |
| "Othello" role | 3 answers |
| IAGO, victim of | 4 answers |
| Verdi heroine | 4 answers |
| Shakespearean heroine | 9 answers |
| Operatic role. | 23 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DESDEMONA (5)
The thought of it he describes as "gnawing his inwards." Emilia's conversation with Desdemona in the last act lends some colour to the correctness of Iago's belief.
Winterborne, though fighting valiantly against himself all this while—though he would have protected Grace’s good repute as the apple of his eye—was a man; and, as Desdemona said, men are not gods.
Who and what were they? Was one of those dark forms an Othello, ready to smother his Desdemona? Or were either of them a Valentine between my Marguerite and me? Though there was no moon, I dared not venture within the lamp’s rays, for her sake; for my own, I was reckless now—I would have thanked either of them to brain me with his hoe.
They were attracted to each other; a Swedish Othello and Desdemona, more useful and amiable than their prototypes.
Neither is Desdemona to be altogether condemned for the unsuitableness of the person whom she selected for her lover.
Quotes with DESDEMONA (3)
I do not think there is a demonstrative proof (like Euclid) of Christianity, nor of the existence of matter, nor of the good will and honesty of my best and oldest friends. I think all three are (except perhaps the second) far more probable than the alternatives. The case for Christianity in general is well given by Chesterton…As to why God doesn't make it demonstratively clear; are we sure that He is even interested in the kind of Theism which would be a compelled logical as…
[Talking about Othello] His dying words are about the service he has done to the state -not what he has done to Desdemona. (...) He acknowledges not love but the power structure (...). Othello believes his fellow officer [Iago] rather than his wife, believes death is suitable punishment for infidelity (...).It makes me uneasy that we so easily state that Othello is a play about race. Race is one of its ingredients, but the most pervasive subject that Shakespeare is tackling i…
DESDEMONACome, how wouldst thou praise me? IAGO I am about it; but indeed my invention Comes from my pate as birdlime does from frieze; It plucks out brains and all: but my Muse labours, And thus she is deliver'd. If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit, The one's for use, the other useth it. DESDEMONA Well praised! How if she be black and witty? IAGO If she be black, and thereto have a wit, She'll find a white that shall her blackness fit. DESDEMONA Worse and worse. EMILIA…
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 15 times in crossword archives (1950–2025).