Synonyms for Dire:
adj.
•all (adjective)desperate.
•awful (adjective)
frightful, ghastly, unpleasant, alarming, repulsive, terrible, horrid, dreadful, horrible, appalling, hideous, awful.
•extreme (adjective)
extreme.
•fateful (adjective)
hellfire.
•important (adjective)
burning.
•terrible, ominous (adjective)
dreadful, redoubtable, appalling, fearful, frightful, awful, horrible, alarming, horrid.
•urgent; crucial (adjective)
crying, instant, desperate, critical, climacteric, exigent, extreme, imperative, acute, pressing, burning.
n.
poor, pitiful, low-grade, bad, second-rate, embarrassing, disgraceful. hellfire, severe, apocalyptic, fateful, serious, extreme, unlucky, ominous, warn, baneful, luck, rigorous, apocalyptical, profound, fire and brimstone, grave. formidable, tremendous, redoubtable, scary, fear. emergent, urgent, burning, exigent, imperative, crying, instant, big, pressing. climacteric, crucial, acute, safety. •dire (noun)dread, direful, desperate, fearsome, horrendous, awful, fearful, frightening, terrible, critical, dreaded, dreadful, alarming, horrific.
•dreadful (noun)
urgent.
Other synonyms:
hellfire, scary, low-grade, fire and brimstone, embarrassing, pitiful, poor, rigorous, apocalyptic, second-rate, apocalyptical. crucial, bad, exigent, redoubtable, pressing, emergent, profound, urgent, baneful, imperative. extreme, grave, crying, unlucky. formidable. fateful. burning. •crucial
acute.
•foreboding
ominous.
Usage examples for dire
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He fell into dire distress and want. – The Blue Flower, and Others by Henry van Dyke
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No one would dare, except in a case of dire necessity, to meet him on foot. – History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12) by G. Maspero
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The sensation of her own utter weakness, prostrate before her dire need for strength, was as bitter as the taste of her tears. – The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield