1) Acute 2) Alarming 3) Apocalyptic 4) Appalling 5) Awful 6) Awful finisher, reportedly 7) Baleful 8) Calamitous 9) Calamitous, like a threat 10) Catastrophic 11) Critical 12) Desperate 13) Desperate as circumstances 14) Desperate as straits 15) Desperate or calamitous 16) Desperately urgent 17) Disastrous
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1) Acute 2) Alarming 3) Awful 4) Direful 5) Dread 6) Dreaded 7) Dreadful 8) Fatal 9) Fearful 10) Fearsome 11) Frightening 12) Grave 13) Grievous 14) Horrendous 15) Radical 16) Terrible 17) Tragic
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• (superl.) Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. • (superl.) Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
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[Adjective] Very bad.
Example: They had no hope of being rescued; the situation was dire.
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very bad
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Dire (dīr)
adjective [
Compar. Direr ;
superl. Direst .] [ Latin
dirus ; of uncertain origin.]
1. Ill-boding; portentous; as,
dire omens.
2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible;...
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dire 1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: 'He presented a dire economic forecast.' 2. Characterized by severe, serious, or desperate circumstances: 'They were in dire need because of the hurricane which also, naturally, resulted in dire poverty.' 3. Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless. 4. Warning of a f...
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causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity. · indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune, or the like: dire predictions about the stock market. · urgent; desperate: in dire need of food.
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[SAT terms] fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
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fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
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