Dire
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adjective.
Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous.
adjective.
Urgent; desperate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Causing or attended by great fear or terrible suffering; dreadful; awful: as,
dire
disaster; the
dire
results of intemperance.
Synonyms
Fearful, woeful, disastrous, calamitous, destructive, terrific, awful, portentous.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Ill-boding; portentous.
adjective.
Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Ill-boding
;
portentous
.
adjective.
Dreadful
;
dismal
;
horrible
;
terrible
;
lamentable
.
adjective.
Urgent
,
pressing
.
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adjective.
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
adjective.
causing fear or dread or terror
Word Usage
"On Friday, the LCC also detailed what it described as dire humanitarian conditions and other developments in several locales."
cross-reference
voir dire
Equivalent
alarming
critical
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Dyer
Gire
Gyr
Meier
Meyer
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Joli
Thia
acheter
ajouter
appal
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
abominable
apocalyptic
appalling
arrant
astounding