dire
adjective
[ ˈdʌɪə ]
• extremely serious or urgent.
• "misuse of drugs can have dire consequences"
Similar:
terrible,
dreadful,
appalling,
frightful,
awful,
horrible,
atrocious,
grim,
unspeakable,
distressing,
harrowing,
alarming,
shocking,
outrageous,
grave,
serious,
grievous,
disastrous,
ruinous,
calamitous,
catastrophic,
cataclysmic,
devastating,
crippling,
miserable,
wretched,
woeful,
hopeless,
irretrievable,
lousy,
chronic,
direful,
parlous,
urgent,
desperate,
pressing,
crying,
sore,
extreme,
acute,
drastic,
critical,
crucial,
vital,
• of a very poor quality.
• "the concert was dire"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin dirus ‘fearful, threatening’.
