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Dire

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Definitions for Dire

adjective
fraught with extreme danger
Synonyms
desperate
Examples
  1. nearly hopeless
  2. a desperate illness
  3. on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall
  4. a dire emergency
adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
Synonyms
awful direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
Examples
  1. the awful war
  2. an awful risk
  3. dire news
  4. a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
  5. the dread presence of the headmaster
  6. polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
  7. a dreadful storm
  8. a fearful howling
  9. horrendous explosions shook the city
  10. a terrible curse

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