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direful

[ dahyuhr-fuhl ]
/ ˈdaɪər fəl /
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adjective

dreadful; awful; terrible.
indicating trouble: direful forecasts.

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Origin of direful

First recorded in 1575–85; dire + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM direful

dire·ful·ly, adverbdire·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby direful

direct transfusion, direct vision, direct-vision prism, direct-vision spectroscope, Diredawa, direful, diremption, dire wolf, direxit, dirge, dirham
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Words related to direful

apocalyptic, appalling, awful, baleful, baneful, calamitous, dreadful, fateful, ghastly, gloomy, ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, shocking, terrible, terrific, unlucky, unpropitious, horrid

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