direr 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 "direr" in a sentence

1. The direr thy tale about the Bacchantes, the heavier punishment will I inflict on this fellow who brought his secret arts amongst our women