direful
[dahyuh r-fuh l]
- dreadful; awful; terrible.
- indicating trouble: direful forecasts.
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Origin of direful
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Examples from the Web for direful
Historical Examples
To and fro, to and fro, the dying man continued his direful walk.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
As if all these direful outrages were not the natural results of slavery!
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass
That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
Moby Dick; or The WhaleHerman Melville
She felt instinctively that the name was one of direful omen to herself.
The Golden DogWilliam Kirby
I left him, with a strong foreboding that he would work me some direful mischief.
Rattlin the ReeferEdward Howard