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Synonyms for dire
daɪərdire
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dire
Awful should not be used of things which are merely disagreeable or annoying, nor of all that are alarming and terrible, but only of such as bring a solemn awe upon the soul, as in the presence of a superior power; as, the awful hush before the battle. That which is awful arouses an oppressive, that which is august an admiring reverence; we speak of the august presence of a mighty monarch, the awful presence of death. We speak of an exalted station, a grand mountain, an imposing presence, a majestic cathedral, a noble mien, a solemn litany, a stately march, an august assembly, the awful scene of the Judgment Day.
Synonyms:
alarming, appalling, august, awful, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, frightful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible, terrificAntonyms:
base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified, vulgar
Princeton's WordNet
desperate, direadjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
"a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
Synonyms:
dread(a), fearful, dreaded, terrible, do-or-die(a), horrendous, fearsome, horrific, heroic, desperate, awful, frightening, despairing, direful, dreadfulAntonyms:
unalarming, noncritical, noncrucialawful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"
Antonyms:
noncrucial, noncritical, unalarming
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#560 | august | |
#1450 | grand | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2685 | extreme | |
#3964 | severe | |
#5214 | noble | |
#6496 | desperate | |
#6916 | dramatic | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#8065 | grave | |
#8279 | urgent | |
#8709 | horrible | |
#8740 | pressing | |
#9372 | painful | |
#9775 | awful | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#13147 | tragic | |
#13306 | majestic | |
#14061 | shocking | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15555 | devastating | |
#15704 | imposing | |
#16120 | dire | |
#18232 | heroic | |
#18988 | catastrophic | |
#19676 | dread | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#22400 | hopeless | |
#22839 | disastrous | |
#22989 | fearful | |
#23144 | alarming | |
#23190 | dreadful | |
#24854 | solemn | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#26052 | horrific | |
#26755 | stately | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#38864 | horrendous | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#54515 | frightful | |
#75438 | despairing | |
#114245 | baleful | |
#127931 | calamitous | |
#129078 | portentous |
How to use dire in a sentence?
If Ukraine falls to Russian President Vladimir Putin, it will set in motion dire consequences for us as a nation, china will get the signal that they can take Taiwan. The Iranians will be believe that we have no will to stop their nuclear ambitions. The converse is true. If the Chinese see the world rally around Ukraine and the rule of law being applied to Putin's war crimes maybe they won't go into Taiwan.
They haven't gone on strike since the'70s, they wouldn't be doing this unless it were very, very dire, and very much about their students.
Thankfully, this is now a scenario that is science fiction. But as you can imagine, the consequences would have been absolutely dire, it's kind of hard to imagine, but you could think of us as humans all in wide-brimmed hats, sunglasses, caked in sunscreen, only going outside for five to 10 minutes a day when the sun was out. I think it would have been quite apocalyptic really, and it would have been a problem all over the world.
The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now. I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.
I know that someday my works will be praised by the critics, revered by the skeptics, respected by the cynics, continue to be researched by the academics, and loved by all those who know truth throughout the world. it will defy description and pose a dire challenge to historical analysis. the truths I deliver stands on its own. I created reggae and told the world about- the technotyrannical society.
Translations for dire
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- رهيبArabic
- зловещ, страшен, ужасенBulgarian
- ondskabsfuld, skrækkelig, ildevarslendeDanish
- händeringend, fürchterlich dringend, fatal, furchtbar, fürchterlich, verzweifelt, düster, schlimm, schrecklich, entsetzlich, böseGerman
- Maligno, de mal agüero, terrible, portentosoSpanish
- وخیمPersian
- kamala, hirveä, pahaenteinen, kauheaFinnish
- funeste, extrême, sinistre, terribleFrench
- direIrish
- szörnyűHungarian
- չարագուշակArmenian
- tremendo, terribile, catastrofico, tragicoItalian
- baisusLithuanian
- šausmīgsLatvian
- verschrikkelijk, gevaarlijk, vreselijk, sinister, omineus, onheilspellendDutch
- skummel, illevarslende, skrekkelig, ondskapsfullNorwegian
- straszny, poważnyPolish
- horrível, adoentado, terrívelPortuguese
- ужасный, жуткий, страшный, зловещийRussian
- หายนะThai
- direYiddish
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