direly Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- murky
- depressing
- ill-boding
- portentous
- direful
- darkening
- desolate
- minatory
- inauspicious
- unfavorable
- foreboding
- depressive
- lonely
- somber
- dark
- gray
- grey
- unfortunate
- threatening
- baleful
- black
- ill
Weak:
- sepulchral
- drear
- discouraging
- chill
- disheartening
- morose
- plutonian
- cold
- tenebrific
- dim
- elegiac
- unlucky
- hopeless
- dreary
- malign
- dreich
- unpromising
- gloomy
- funereal
- tenebrous
- disconsolate
- miserable
- sullen
- lonesome
- cheerless
- cimmerian
- evil
- lugubrious
- elegiacal
- comfortless
- unpropitious
- forlorn
- malignant
- godforsaken
- sombre
- saturnine
- morbid
- dismal
- doomy
- glum
- wretched
- troubled
- cloudy
direly Meaning
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, sinister, bleak, menacing, murky, depressing, ill-boding, portentous, direful, darkening
benign, hopeful, golden, benign, bright,favorable, promising, promising, bright, golden
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.
