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Dire Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dire? [adj] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [adj] fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dire: alarming \| awful \| critical \| desperate \| direful \| dread(a) \| dreaded \| dreadful \| fearful \| fearsome \| frightening \| horrendous \| horrific \| terrible Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dire: abominable \| apocalyptic \| appalling \| arrant \| astounding \| atrocious \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awful \| bad \| badly off \| baleful \| baneful \| base \| beastly \| beneath contempt \| black \| blameworthy \| bodeful \| boding \| brutal \| burning \| calamitous \| cataclysmal \| cataclysmic \| catastrophic \| clamant \| clamorous \| climacteric \| contemptible \| critical \| crucial \| crying \| dark \| deplorable \| depressed \| depressing \| desperate \| despicable \| destructive \| detestable \| direful \| disastrous \| disgusting \| distressing \| donsie \| doomful \| dread \| dreaded \| dreadful \| dreary \| egregious \| enormous \| evil \| evil-starred \| exigent \| fatal \| fateful \| fell \| fetid \| filthy \| flagrant \| foreboding \| formidable \| fortuneless \| foul \| frightful \| fulsome \| funest \| ghastly \| ghoulish \| gloomy \| grievous \| grim \| grisly \| gross \| gruesome \| hapless \| hateful \| heartbreaking \| heinous \| hideous \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrid \| horrific \| horrifying \| ill \| ill off \| ill-boding \| ill-fated \| ill-omened \| ill-starred \| imperative \| importunate \| in adverse circumstances \| inauspicious \| infamous \| instant \| lamentable \| loathsome \| lousy \| lowering \| luckless \| macabre \| menacing \| monstrous \| morbid \| nasty \| nefarious \| noisome \| notorious \| obnoxious \| odious \| of evil portent \| offensive \| ominous \| out of luck \| outrageous \| pitiable \| pitiful \| planet-struck \| portending \| portentous \| rank \| redoubtable \| regrettable \| reprehensible \| repulsive \| rotten \| ruinous \| sad \| scandalous \| schlock \| schrecklich \| scurvy \| shabby \| shameful \| shocking \| shoddy \| short of luck \| sinister \| somber \| sordid \| squalid \| star-crossed \| terrible \| terrific \| threatening \| too bad \| tragic \| tremendous \| unblessed \| unclean \| underprivileged \| unfavorable \| unfortunate \| unhappy \| unlucky \| unpromising \| unpropitious \| unprosperous \| unprovidential \| unspeakable \| untoward \| urgent \| vile \| villainous \| woeful \| worst \| worthless \| wreckful \| wretched See Also \| Dire In Webster's Dictionary \Dire\, a. [Compar. {Direr}; superl. {Direst}.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.] 1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. 2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.

Dire Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dire?

[adj] causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
[adj] fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"

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Dire In Webster's Dictionary

\Dire\, a. [Compar. {Direr}; superl. {Direst}.] [L. dirus;
of uncertain origin.]
1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.

2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible;
   terrible; lamentable.

         Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton.

         Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.

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