Direful
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adjective.
Inspiring dread; terrible.
adjective.
Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Characterized by or fraught with something dreadful; of a dire nature or appearance: as, a
direful
fiend; a
direful
misfortune.
Synonyms
See list under
dire
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
inspiring fear;
fearful
,
terrible
adjective.
portending disaster;
portentous
;
ominous
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
causing fear or dread or terror
Word Usage
"The beginning was not easy, it was even "direful," and "methought" I should die of despair; but now things are going, I am all right, come what may!"
Equivalent
alarming
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
calamitous
cruelest
cruellest
dire
direst
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
calamitous
dire
dreadful
terrible
woeful