Words with a similar base: direful

'direful'
[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



					

direful (English)
├── -ful (English)
└── dire (English)
└── dirus (Latin)


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