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dire Definition


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dire
adj
    1. Dreadful; terrible.
      Thesaurus: terrible, dreadful, horrible, ominous, grim, grave, catastrophic.
    2. Extreme; very serious; very difficult.
      Thesaurus: urgent, pressing, exigent, drastic, desperate, crucial, critical, extreme.
Derivative: direful
adj
    Derivative: direfully
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin dirus.



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