Synonyms for dire
daɪərdire

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1. dire

   Awful should not be used of things which are merely disagreeable or annoying, nor of all that are alarming and terrible, but only of such as bring a solemn awe upon the soul, as in the presence of a superior power; as, the awful hush before the battle. That which is awful arouses an oppressive, that which is august an admiring reverence; we speak of the august presence of a mighty monarch, the awful presence of death. We speak of an exalted station, a grand mountain, an imposing presence, a majestic cathedral, a noble mien, a solemn litany, a stately march, an august assembly, the awful scene of the Judgment Day.

   Synonyms:
   alarming, appalling, august, awful, direful, dread, dreadful, fearful, frightful, grand, horrible, imposing, majestic, noble, portentous, shocking, solemn, stately, terrible, terrific

   Antonyms:
   base, beggarly, commonplace, contemptible, despicable, humble, inferior, lowly, mean, paltry, undignified, vulgar

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1. desperate, direadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   dread(a), fearful, dreaded, terrible, do-or-die(a), horrendous, fearsome, horrific, heroic, desperate, awful, frightening, despairing, direful, dreadful

   Antonyms:
   unalarming, noncritical, noncrucial

2. awful, dire, direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terribleadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, noncritical, unalarming

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1. direadjective

   Synonyms:
   dreadful, fearful, direful, shocking, terrible, horrid, horrible, awful, terrific, tremendous

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1. List of paraphrases for "dire":

   terrible, disastrous, desperate, appalling, serious, calamitous, dreadful, tragic, catastrophic, extreme, horrific, horrendous, horrible, difficult, severe, grave, awful, painful, dramatic, grim, pressing, hopeless, urgent, baleful, bleak, devastating

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1. Charles Gaudry:

   The fact that this outbreak has occurred further highlights the dire hygiene and living conditions in the camp and a lack of proper long-term investment in sanitation services.

2. Felicia Maten:

   We were in a dire situation, i was so scared, I didn't know what to do.

3. Kevin Ryan:

   These operations require so many different skillsets from knowing how to navigate through Taliban checkpoints to...sourcing millions of dollars to get charter flights and pay for safe passage. … It’s not just veterans. It’s not just Americans, either. There are a lot of multilateral organizations that are working together to try and help people in dire situations.

4. New York:

   We can take all the precautions in advance, and we did deploy our assets to be on the ground in anticipation, but mother nature will do whatever she wants, and she is really angry tonight, we have to be prepared to cleanup tomorrow. I'll be on site in the morning to make sure this is going well, but right now we're in a very dire situation.

5. An NOC official:

   Someone is using bloody ways to change the structure of the company, it's like playing with fire and could result in dire consequences for the company's operations.