direly (Meaning)
direly (adv.)
In a dire manner.
Synonyms & Antonyms of direly
Synonyms:
- morbid
- comfortless
- saturnine
- lugubrious
- elegiacal
- plutonian
- unpropitious
- evil
- malignant
- disheartening
- troubled
- sepulchral
- sullen
- discouraging
- dreary
- cloudy
- tenebrific
- lonesome
- unpromising
- funereal
- forlorn
- dim
- Cimmerian
- cheerless
- disconsolate
- dreich
- morose
- wretched
- tenebrous
- malign
- unlucky
- dismal
- elegiac
- cold
- glum
- gloomy
- drear
- hopeless
- sombre
- doomy
- miserable
- chill
- godforsaken
Antonyms:
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.
bleak, menacing,ominous, sinister, desolate, black, murky, darkening, minatory, foreboding
bright, benign, hopeful, golden, favorable, promising, golden, bright, hopeful, benign
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.