Definition of Dire
Adjective
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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"
awful direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible -
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"
desperate
Word games points for the Dire
- Scrabble® score of the dire (5)
- Word Chums® score of the dire (5)
- Words With Friends® score of the dire (5)
Unscramble dire
16 unscramble word found using the letters dire.
de, dei, di, die, dire, ed, er, id, ide, ire, ired, re, red, rei, rid, ride,