Found 3 items, similar to Dire.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dire
dahsyat, ngeri
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dire
dire
adj 1: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
“a desperate
illness”;
“on all fronts the Allies were in a
desperate situation due to lack of materiel”-
G.C.Marshall;
“a dire emergency” [syn:
desperate]
2: causing fear or dread or terror;
“the awful war”;
“an awful
risk”;
“dire news”;
“a career or vengeance so direful that
London was shocked”;
“the dread presence of the
headmaster”;
“polio is no longer the dreaded disease it
once was”;
“a dreadful storm”;
“a fearful howling”;
“horrendous explosions shook the city”;
“a terrible curse”
[syn:
awful,
direful,
dread(a),
dreaded,
dreadful,
fearful,
fearsome,
frightening,
horrendous,
horrific,
terrible]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dire
Dire
\Dire\ (d[imac]r), a. [Compar.
Direr (d[imac]r"[~e]r);
superl.
Direst.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.]
1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
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2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible;
terrible; lamentable.
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Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton.
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Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.
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