adj satadj.allfraught with extreme danger; nearly hopelessSynset:desperate
Examples:- a desperate illness
- on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel - G.C.Marshall
- a dire emergency
Antonyms:noncritical
Inherited Hypernyms:desperate
Similar to:critical
adj satadj.allcausing fear or dread or terrorSynset:awful direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:unalarming
Derivationally Related Form:terriblenessdreadawfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:awful
Similar to:alarming