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Meaning of 'dire'
Meaning of 'dire' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Dire 
[ superl.]
- Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. [ superl.]- Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Meaning of 'dire' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. dire [ s]
[ s]Meaning (1):
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Example in sentence:
- a desperate illness;
- a dire emergency;
- on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
Meaning (2):
- causing fear or dread or terror
- causing fear or dread or terror
Example in sentence:
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked;
- a dreadful storm;
- a fearful howling;
- a terrible curse;
- an awful risk;
- dire news;
- horrendous explosions shook the city;
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was;
- the awful war;
- the dread presence of the headmaster
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