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dire
 
PRONUNCIATION:  dr
ADJECTIVE:Inflected forms: dir·er, dir·est
1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: a dire economic forecast; dire threats. 2. Urgent; desperate: in dire need; dire poverty.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin drus, fearsome, terrible; akin to Greek deinos.
OTHER FORMS:direly —ADVERB
direness —NOUN
 
 
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