dire
- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
- (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
- Ferocious and of intimidating appearance, like a dire wolf.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dīrus (“fearful, ominous”).
Related words
appaling
extrême
terrível
horrible
schrecklich
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