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dire

/daɪər/

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adjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
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"a dire emergency"

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desperate critical
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

Examples of dire

"a dire emergency"
"dire news"
"a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"