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