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dire
/daɪər/
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dire
adjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
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"a dire emergency"
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desperate
critical
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adjective
causing fear or dread or terror
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"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
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awful
direful
dread
dreaded
dreadful
fearful
fearsome
frightening
horrendous
horrific
terrible
alarming
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Antonyms of dire
noncritical
uncritical
unalarming
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