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Dire
see synonyms of direAdjective
1. desperate, dire
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Example Sentences:'a desperate illness''on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel''a dire emergency'
2. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible
causing fear or dread or terror
Example Sentences:'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'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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Dire
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Dire
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