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Meaning of 'direful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Direful [ a.]
- Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

Meaning of 'direful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . direful [ s]
Meaning (1):
- 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

Nearby Words:

diradiation dire direct direct-acting directed directer directing direction directive directly

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