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Defenition of the word direful

    • Defenition of the word direful

      • Dreadful; causing alarm and fear.
      • 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"
      • 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

    Synonyms for the word direful

      • awful
      • dire
      • dread
      • dreaded
      • dreadful
      • fearful
      • fearsome
      • frightening
      • horrendous
      • horrific
      • terrible

    Similar words in the direful

      • alarming

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