dire
adjective, dir·er, dir·est.
Origin of dire
Related Words for dire
acute, extreme, critical, desperate, drastic, distressing, dreadful, disastrous, alarming, calamitous, horrible, appalling, depressing, ugly, cataclysmic, gloomy, dismal, unfortunate, catastrophic, awfulExamples from the Web for dire
Contemporary Examples of dire
So, what happens if nothing in his training has replicated such a dire condition?
“Driving on both sides, getting around cars, letting them know I was in a dire emergency,” Johnson says.
Kim Jung-un clearly recognizes that Hollywood and American popular culture in general constitute a dire threat.
The results of that rash decision, the most dire of which has been the rise of ISIS, are now plain for us to see.
‘America in Retreat’: Why Neo-Isolationism Exploded Under Obama and What We Can Do About ItJames Kirchick
December 1, 2014
The dire fatalism that dominated the discourse then is gone, replaced largely with a practiced apathy.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban ValleyMatt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman
November 15, 2014
Historical Examples of dire
To have married a girl who cared only for his money; that would have been dire enough.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
The present, so, was more than any possible future, how dire soever it might be.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
We cheered, thinking some dire calamity had befallen the enemy.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
In fact, no word except that of dire disaster had come to hand.
Welsh Fairy TalesWilliam Elliott Griffis
But it is a dire necessity, and it is impossible to avoid or to turn it.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863Adam Gurowski