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Defenition of the word dire

    • Defenition of the word dire

      • Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless.
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • 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"; "
      • causing fear or dread or terror
      • fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

    Synonyms for the word dire

      • awful
      • desperate
      • direful
      • dread
      • dreaded
      • dreadful
      • fearful
      • fearsome
      • frightening
      • horrendous
      • horrific
      • terrible

    Similar words in the dire

      • alarming
      • critical

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