English > dire: 2 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | Causing fear or dread or terror. |
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| Examples | - "dire news"
- "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
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| Synonyms | awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible |
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| Broader | alarming | Frightening because of an awareness of danger |
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| Spanish | alarmante, calamitoso, espantosa, espantoso, fatal, horrendo, horrible, horrorosa, horroroso, pavoroso, sobrecogedor, temible, temido, terrible, tremendo |
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| Catalan | alarmant, calamitós, esfereïdor, espantós, esparverador, fatal, horrible, horripilant, horrorós, paorós, temible, terrible |
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