dire (d r)adj. dir·er, dir·est 1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: a dire economic forecast; dire threats. 2. Urgent; desperate: in dire need; dire poverty. [Latin d rus, fearsome, terrible; akin to Greek deinos.]dire  ly adv.dire ness n. |
dire
Adjective
disastrous, urgent, or terrible: he was now in dire financial straits [Latin dirus ominous]
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| Adj. | 1. | dire - 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" critical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage" |
| 2. | dire - 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" direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, horrific, fearful alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger |
dire
adjective desperate, pressing, crying, critical, terrible, crucial, alarming, extreme, awful, appalling, urgent, cruel, horrible, disastrous, grim, dreadful, gloomy, fearful, dismal, drastic, catastrophic, ominous, horrid, woeful, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, portentous, godawful (slang) exigent, bodeful
Translations
adj dire [ˈdaiə]
dreadful; perilous. vreeslike رَهيب، مُفْزِع، مُنْذِر بِكارِثَه ужасен hrozný skrækkelig; forfærdelig; risikabel gräßlich φοβερός, επικίνδυνος terrible, espantoso, atroz kohutav وحشتناک؛ سهمگین hirveä terrible נוֹרָא, אָיוֹם भयानक, खतरनाक strašan, poguban szörnyű berbahaya hræðilegur, ógnþrunginn tremendo 恐ろしい 무서운 baisus drausmīgs; šausmīgs hebat vreselijk forferdelig; i dyp nød straszny perigoso groaznic, cumplit ужасный strašný, nebezpečný strašen porazan gräslig, förfärlig, hemsk เลวร้ายมาก korkunç, müthiş 可怕的 жахливий, страшний المناک thảm khốc 可怕的
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