dire (Meaning)
dire (s)
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
causing fear or dread or terror
dire (superl.)
Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Synonyms & Antonyms of dire
Synonyms:
- gloomy
- elegiac
- funereal
- godforsaken
- sepulchral
- hopeless
- troubled
- unpropitious
- morose
- disconsolate
- saturnine
- forlorn
- evil
- miserable
- malignant
- chill
- wretched
- dim
- disheartening
- tenebrous
- glum
- dismal
- lugubrious
- tenebrific
- dreary
- Cimmerian
- dreich
- cheerless
- malign
- unpromising
- cloudy
- sombre
- discouraging
- doomy
- unlucky
- morbid
- drear
- cold
- sullen
- elegiacal
- lonesome
- plutonian
- comfortless
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word dire
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless, causing fear or dread or terrorIll-boding; portentous; as, dire omens., Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; ho
bleak, menacing,ominous, sinister, ill-boding, direful, murky, foreboding, ill, inauspicious
benign, favorable,favorable, hopeful, bright, promising, golden, hopeful, promising, benign
The scouts who endured the dire conditions in the wilderness were given a celebration in their honor.
With dwindling resources, the dire situation caused the kingdom to resort to desperate measures.
The abandoned, dilapidated house exuded a dire aura that warned passersby to stay away.
The doctor delivered the dire diagnosis, leaving the family in a state of despair.
