dire

dire
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. appalling, calamitous, fateful, dreadful, ominous; deplorable. See fear, adversity.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. dreadful, terrible, desperate; see frightful 1 , urgent 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. terrible disastrous, horrible, calamitous, dreadful, fearful, appalling, grievous, distressing, shocking, catastrophic.
2. urgent critical, pressing, crucial, exigent.
ANT.: 1. wonderful, fortuitous. 2. trivial, unimportant
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Portending future disaster: apocalyptic, apocalyptical, baneful, direful, fateful, fire-and-brimstone, grave2, hellfire, ominous, portentous, unlucky. See LUCK, WARN. 2. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible, tremendous. See FEAR. 3. Compelling immediate attention: burning, crying, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent. See BIG. 4. So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis: acute, climacteric, critical, crucial, desperate. See SAFETY.

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