dire

dire

D0243200 (dīr)adj. dir·er, dir·est 1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: a dire economic forecast; dire threats.2. Urgent; desperate: in dire need; dire poverty.

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[Latin dīrus, fearsome, terrible; akin to Greek deinos.]

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dire′ly adv.dire′ness n.

dire

(daɪə) adj (usually prenominal) 1. Also: direful disastrous; fearful2. desperate; urgent: a dire need. 3. foreboding disaster; ominous: a dire warning. [C16: from Latin dīrus ominous, fearful; related to Greek deos fear] ˈdirely adv ˈdireness n

dire

(daɪ^ər)

adj. dir•er, dir•est. 1. causing or involving great fear or suffering; terrible. 2. indicating trouble, disaster, or the like: dire predictions. 3. urgent; desperate: in dire need. [1560–70; < Latin dīrus fearful, unlucky] dire′ly, adv. dire′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	dire - fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"desperatecritical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
	2.	dire - causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, horrific, fearfulalarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

dire

adjective1. desperate, pressing, crying, critical, terrible, crucial, alarming, extreme, awful, appalling, urgent, cruel, horrible, disastrous, grim, dreadful, gloomy, fearful, dismal, drastic, catastrophic, ominous, horrid, woeful, ruinous, calamitous, cataclysmic, portentous, godawful (slang), exigent, bodeful the dire predicament of the refugees2. terrible, awful, appalling, dreadful, abysmal, frightful, godawful (slang) a book of verse which ranged from the barely tolerable to the utterly dire

dire

adjective1. Portending future disaster:apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky.2. Causing or able to cause fear:appalling, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous.3. Compelling immediate attention:burning, crying, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent.4. So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis:acute, climacteric, critical, crucial, desperate.

Translations

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dire

(ˈdaiə) adjective dreadful; perilous. 可怕的 可怕的