Definition of: dire

(dīr) adjective dir·er, dir·est
Extremely calamitous; dreadful; terrible. See synonyms under AWFUL. [<L dirus fearful]
—dire′ful adjective
—dire′ly adverb
—dire′ness noun

Most often used phrases:

dire straits
dire consequences
dire financial
dire dawa
dire situation
dire wolf
dire circumstances
dire wraiths
te dire
dire poverty
dire economic
dire state
band dire
dire predictions
dire situations

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'dire' used in other domains:

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"dire" has the frequency of use of 0.001% on city-data.com forum

"dire" has the frequency of use of 0.0004% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Definition of: dire

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