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Synonyms for dire in English

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dire:
- dire; grinding; piercing; desperate

English

Detailed Synonyms for dire in English

dire:

dire adj

dire
dire; grinding; piercing
- dire adj
- grinding adj
- piercing adj
dire

– fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless ¹
desperate; dire
– fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless ¹
- desperate adj
  - a desperate illness¹
  - on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel¹
- dire adj
  - a dire emergency¹

Related Words for "dire":

direness, direr, direst, direly

Alternate Synonyms for "dire":

desperate; critical
awful; direful; dread; dreaded; dreadful; fearful; fearsome; frightening; horrendous; horrific; terrible; alarming

Related Definitions for "dire":

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless¹
- a dire emergency¹

Related Synonyms for dire

dire straits

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