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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | dire, desperate | Fraught with extreme danger |
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| 2 | dire, awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible | Causing fear or dread or terror |
| Sounds | day'er; day'r |
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| Rhymes | acquire, amplifier, attire, and 57 more rhymes in ayer... |
| admire, afire, aspire, and 31 more rhymes in ayr... |
| Meaning | Fraught with extreme danger. Nearly hopeless. |
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| Examples | "a dire emergency" |
| Synonyms | desperate |
| Similar to | critical |
| Meaning | Causing fear or dread or terror. |
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| Examples | "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" |
| Synonyms | awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
| Similar to | alarming |
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