DIRE

dire|direful. Dire, or Direful, a. dreadful, dismal, horrible

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Dire (dīr), a. [Compar. Direr (?); superl. Direst.] [[L. dirus; of uncertain origin.]] 1. 1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
2. 2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. Milton.