dire

Words with a similar base: dire, direful

'dire'

[desperate.s.06] as in: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - G.C.Marshall

Examples:
a desperate illness
on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
a dire emergency

'dire'

[awful.s.02] as in: causing fear or dread or terror

Examples:
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

Origins

					dire (English)
└── dirus (Latin)

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