Words Like DIRE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DIRE.

1 Desperate Adjective Synonym Words Like Desperate

2 Awful Adjective Synonym Words Like Awful

3 Dreadful Adjective Synonym Words Like Dreadful

4 Dread Adjective Synonym Words Like Dread

5 Critical Adjective Similar Words Like Critical

6 Dismal Adjective Synonym Words Like Dismal

7 Lamentable Adjective Synonym Words Like Lamentable

1 dire omens

2 on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel

3 a dire emergency

4 the dread presence of the headmaster

5 horrendous explosions shook the city

6 dire news

7 a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked

8 a terrible curse

9 a dreadful storm

10 a fearful howling

1 Ill-boding; portentous.

2 Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

3 fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

4 causing fear or dread or terror

5 Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: a dire economic forecast; dire threats.

6 Urgent; desperate: in dire need; dire poverty.

7 Causing or attended by great fear or terrible suffering; dreadful; awful: as, dire disaster; the dire results of intemperance.

8 Synonyms Fearful, woeful, disastrous, calamitous, destructive, terrific, awful, portentous.

9 Dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

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