direly Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- desolate
- baleful
- direful
- grey
- murky
- black
- ill-boding
- foreboding
- portentous
- dark
- darkening
- gray
- ill
- lonely
- minatory
- somber
- unfortunate
- inauspicious
- depressing
- unfavorable
- threatening
- depressive
Weak:
- morbid
- disheartening
- doomy
- sullen
- gloomy
- malign
- troubled
- unlucky
- cloudy
- malignant
- wretched
- hopeless
- cheerless
- dreich
- dismal
- sepulchral
- lonesome
- tenebrific
- glum
- discouraging
- morose
- lugubrious
- cold
- forlorn
- unpromising
- cimmerian
- unpropitious
- comfortless
- miserable
- dim
- evil
- drear
- sombre
- funereal
- elegiacal
- elegiac
- chill
- dreary
- saturnine
- godforsaken
- plutonian
- tenebrous
- disconsolate
Meaning of direly
Webster
direly (adv.)
In a dire manner.
direly Sentence Examples
- The patient direly needed a blood transfusion to survive.
- The company's direly needed new product launch was a huge success.
- The city's direly needed new hospital was finally completed.
- The team's direly needed victory gave them a boost of confidence.
- The student's direly needed scholarship allowed her to continue her education.
- The family's direly needed financial assistance came just in time.
- The organization's direly needed donation drive was a resounding success.
- The country's direly needed peace treaty brought an end to the long-running conflict.
- The direly needed rain finally came, bringing relief to the drought-stricken region.
- The project's direly needed funding was secured, allowing it to move forward.
FAQs About the word direly
In a dire manner.
ominous, bleak, sinister, menacing, desolate, baleful, direful, grey, murky, black
favorable, hopeful, benign, golden, favorable, benign, promising, hopeful, promising, bright
The patient direly needed a blood transfusion to survive.
The company's direly needed new product launch was a huge success.
The city's direly needed new hospital was finally completed.
The team's direly needed victory gave them a boost of confidence.
