dire in English

adjective

1

(of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent.

dire consequences

synonyms: terrible, dreadful, appalling, frightful, awful, atrocious, grim, alarming, grave, serious, disastrous, calamitous, ruinous, hopeless, irretrievable, wretched, desperate, parlous, grievous, urgent, desperate, pressing, crying, sore, grave, serious, extreme, acute, drastic

adjective

terrible, dreadful, appalling, frightful, awful, atrocious, grim, alarming, grave, serious, disastrous, calamitous, ruinous, hopeless, irretrievable, wretched, desperate, parlous, grievous
urgent, desperate, pressing, crying, sore, grave, serious, extreme, acute, drastic
ominous, gloomy, grim, dismal, unpropitious, inauspicious, unfavorable, pessimistic
desperate
fearsome, dreaded, frightening, dreadful, terrible, horrific, direful, fearful, awful, horrendous, dread

Use "dire" in a sentence

1. Oh, then we are in dire, dire circumstances.

2. The acting was dire.

3. I thought that film was dire!

4. His dire wolf is called Summer.

5. The factory is in dire straits.

6. These children are in dire need.

7. The company is in dire straits.

8. Such action may have dire consequences.

9. Dire son Chapelet to say the rosary

10. The company is in dire financial straits.

11. 3 The factory is in dire straits.

12. Dire son Chapelet to say the rosary

13. 17 New York state in dire straits.

14. Errors in forecasting can have dire consequences.

15. It pull them in dire financial straits.

16. The film we saw was absolutely dire!

17. 15 Businesses are in especially dire straits.

18. The business is in dire financial straits.

19. 1 The company is in dire straits.

20. Now I really was in a dire predicament.

21. The firm is now in dire financial straits .

22. Think of them as a punk Dire Straits.

23. Clank! is co-published with Dire Wolf Digital.

24. The Great Northern War also threatened dire consequences.

25. He forecasts a dire future for the industry.

26. The situation is dire, but not yet irreparable.

27. Can the Bible help in such dire situations?

28. Everyone agrees the sport is in dire straits.

29. 4 Everyone agrees the sport is in dire straits.

30. 16 He failed, and is now in dire straits.

31. Everton, to put it bluntly, are in dire straits.

32. The Athenaeum is an area of Dire Maul West

33. 7 Think of them as a punk Dire Straits.

34. Je ne sais pas quoi dire pour te Consoler .

35. Last night there were dire warnings of civil war.

36. The Athenaeum is an area of Dire Maul West

37. This decision will have dire consequences for local people.

38. Now that father's lost his job, we're in dire straits.

39. Disciplina Clericalis vorrebbe dire «istruzione del letterato» (clericus)

40. Under such dire circumstances, what could Peter’s fellow Christians do?

41. A government split would have dire consequences for domestic peace.

42. He gave a dire warning that an earthquake was imminent.

43. After the war the county's economy was in dire straits.

44. Burster Spectres wield the most powerful magic among dire spectres

45. 12 The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable.

46. The firm is in dire straits and may go bankrupt.

47. In many places there were dire shortages of food and fuel.

48. Working with Dire straits has always been a vocation for me.

49. If the Bill is outvoted, we are faced with dire prospects.

50. 13 synonyms for Apocalyptical: apocalyptic, baneful, dire, direful, fateful, fire-and