About The Word Direful
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Direful
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What's The Definition Of Direful?
[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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Direful: alarming | awful | dire | dread(a) | dreaded | dreadful | fearful | fearsome | frightening | horrendous | horrific | terrible Related Terms | Find terms related to Direful: See Also | Direful In Webster's Dictionary \Dire"ful\, a. [Dire + -ful.]
Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful
fiend; a direful day. -- {Dire"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Dire"ful*ness}, n.
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