What is another word for dire?
388 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ˈaɪə], [ dˈa͡ɪ͡ə], [ dˈaɪə], [ h_ˈa_n_d_əʊ_v_ə], [ hˈandə͡ʊvə], [ hˈandəʊvə]Table of Contents
Similar words for dire:- acute (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- appalling (adjective)
- awful (adjective)
- baleful (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- burning (adjective)
- calamitous (adjective)
- climactic/climacteric (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- crucial (adjective)
- deplorable (adjective)
- desperate (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- disastrous (adjective)
- dolorous (adjective)
- dread (adjective)
- dreadful (adjective)
- extreme (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- frightening (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- grave (adjective)
- grievous (adjective)
- harmful (adjective)
- hellfire (adjective)
- horrendous (adjective)
- ill-boding (adjective)
- painful (adjective)
- pressing (adjective)
- regrettable (adjective)
- requiring (adjective)
- ruinous (adjective)
- sinister (adjective)
- somber (adjective)
- terrible (adjective)
- terrible, ominous (adjective)
- threatening (adjective)
- tragic (adjective)
- undescribable (adjective)
- unlucky (adjective)
- unspeakable (adjective)
- unutterable (adjective)
- urgent; crucial (adjective)
- alarming (noun)
- dire (noun)
- other synonyms
- gloomy
Definition for Dire:
Synonyms for Dire:
adj.
•acute (adjective) •all (adjective)- dire.
- grodiest,
- dis-maying,
- dis-heartening,
- more disheartening,
- endest,
- dis heartening,
- Ender,
- dis maying,
- more scaring,
- most disheartening,
- most daunting,
- most dismaying,
- most petrifying,
- most unnerving,
- more unnerving,
- un nerving,
- grodier,
- more petrifying,
- more dismaying,
- un-nerving,
- most scaring,
- more daunting.
- dis-tasteful,
- galling,
- in tense,
- dis agreeable,
- in-tense,
- un-palatable,
- dis-pleasing,
- in temperate,
- dis-agreeable,
- in clement,
- dis tasteful,
- in-temperate,
- un palatable,
- in-tensest,
- dis pleasing,
- in-tenser,
- in-clement,
- in tenser.
- illstarred,
- ill fated,
- ill starred,
- unpropitious,
- un-propitious,
- ill-starred,
- illfated,
- un propitious.
- most heart rending,
- heart rending,
- most dolesome,
- doleful,
- most dolorific,
- more dolent,
- more heart rending,
- most heart-rending,
- ruthful,
- most dolent,
- more heart-rending,
- more dolesome,
- more dolorific.
- dis quieting,
- portentous,
- most grabber,
- dis-quieting,
- in-conceivable,
- more grabber,
- in conceivable,
- most traumatic,
- more traumatic.
- in-flamed,
- more throbbing,
- un-comfortable,
- most saddening,
- in flamed,
- smarting,
- extremely bad,
- nagging,
- un comfortable,
- more saddening,
- most throbbing.
- most hurryup,
- more heaton,
- heat on,
- more constraining,
- more hurry-up,
- most heat-on,
- most claiming,
- most forcing,
- more heat-on,
- hurry up,
- more hurry up,
- most heat on,
- more heat on,
- ex-acting,
- hurryup,
- most hurry-up,
- heaton,
- ex acting,
- more hurryup,
- most heaton,
- most constraining,
- most hurry up,
- more claiming,
- more forcing.
- most depressive,
- most sourpuss,
- more depressive,
- nononsense,
- more dragged,
- most dragged,
- more sourpuss.
- in convenient,
- in-convenient,
- more dreaded,
- unwelcome,
- un-welcome,
- inconvenient,
- most dreaded,
- un welcome.
- cruel,
- grim,
- unfortunate,
- gloomy,
- woeful,
- afflictive,
- scowling,
- dismal,
- distressing,
- terrific,
- shocking,
- depressing,
- black,
- fierce,
- ugly,
- Oppressing,
- cataclysmic.
- over hanging,
- overhanging,
- Lowery,
- comminatory,
- minatory,
- Impendent,
- minacious,
- loury,
- Intimidatory.
n.
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- bad,
- disgraceful.
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- fear,
- tremendous.
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- climacteric,
- safety.
Other synonyms:
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- damning,
- crummy,
- dodgy,
- towering,
- rotten,
- severely,
- keen,
- abysmal,
- low-grade,
- keenly,
- ferocious,
- embarrassing,
- puny,
- frontal,
- apocalyptical,
- chronic,
- pitiful,
- apocalyptic,
- shoddy,
- dreadfully,
- stark,
- dearly,
- sublime,
- hellfire,
- execrable,
- subhuman,
- poor,
- fervid,
- egregious,
- irremediable,
- extravagant,
- poorly,
- draconian,
- scalding,
- scary,
- low-class,
- fatally,
- fire and brimstone,
- irreparable,
- bastardized,
- gross,
- heavy-duty,
- terribly,
- second-rate,
- ultimate,
- rigorous,
- shabby,
- catastrophic,
- third-rate,
- deficient.
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- fatal,
- exigent,
- emergent,
- massive,
- explosive,
- baneful,
- badly,
- diabolical,
- redoubtable,
- sharply,
- sad,
- spectacular,
- supreme,
- unbearable,
- rigid,
- urgent,
- far,
- profound,
- merciless,
- Searing,
- terminal,
- imperative.
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- proper,
- high-level,
- savage,
- crying,
- intense,
- weak,
- crushing,
- third class,
- sore,
- stiff.
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- full.
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- heavy.
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- strong.
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Adjective
difficult, frightening, grave, gravest, painful, despairing, alarming, formidable, critical, sinister, hopeless, sombre, nefarious, pernicious, bleak, harsh, heinous, deteriorating, frightful, distressed, hideous, challenging, egregious, disadvantageous, baleful, unfortunate, bad, sad, agonizing, acute, fatal, horrid, compelling, fateful, disturbing, lamentable, shocking, inclement, ominous, overwhelming, deleterious, detrimental, harmful, pitiful, terrific, tough, fearsome, imperative, regrettable, destructive, abysmal, depressing, arduous, damaging, distraught, dark, enormous, ruinous, unfavourable, ill-fated, Deteriorated, crippling, negative, abominable, burdensome, ghastly, fragile, staggering, troubling, embarrassing, dreaded, tiresome, onerous, troublesome, awkward, degraded, relentless, abhorrent, life-threatening, absolute, disagreeable, cruel, insecure, astonishing, hard, pathetic, traumatic, eerie, stark, worrisome, dim, disgraceful, major, woeful, acrimonious, dangerous, problematic, glaring, evil.
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Adjective
disastrous, severe, serious, appalling, horrendous, catastrophic, distressing, horrible, calamitous, horrific, devastating, precarious, horrifying, grim, tragic, terrifying, dramatic, deplorable, pressing, miserable, urgent, dismal, gruesome, awful, harrowing, wretched, atrocious, grievous, bitter, adverse, tremendous, gloomy, daunting, abject, drastic, great, deadly, poor, cumbersome.
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Antonyms for Dire:
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terrible, ominous
happy, light, wonderful, pleasant, encouraging, blessed, bright, beautiful, sunny, hopeful, pleasing.
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Other antonyms:
humble, cheery, heartwarming, soothing, inviting, lighthearted, stable, joyous, merry, mirthful, joyful, lightsome, beggarly, jolly, optimistic, lowly, jocund, tranquilizing, friendly, base, unalarming, festive, noncrucial, safe, auspicious, negligible, lulling, mean, cordial, inferior, cheering, relaxing, reassuring, unthreatening, trivial, benign, prosperous, unimportant, calming, blithe, consoling, undignified, contemptible, blithesome, pacifying, minor, incidental, sunshiny, commonplace, paltry, despicable, cheerful, vulgar, buoyant, comforting.
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terrible, ominous
Dire Sentence Examples:
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" There is - so - much - dire - need of money," he said, catching his breath between his words.
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As the Moose turned and the rope tightened, the mare gave a scream that was like that of a human being in dire agony.
Homophones for Dire:
- dior, dry, diary, death adder, dearie, dyer, dari, deere, death row, drear, Dieter, drier, dourah, duty tour, doer, didder, dray, detour, dead air, datura, dodderer, Dr., drawer, dower, durio, dour, dowery, dare, dory, drawee, deer, derriere, draw, deodar, doorway, deter, door, durer, dear, deary, dairy, dewar, drew, Diarrhea, dreary, dura, drey, dowry, dietary, doura, diarrhoea, dither, dyar, dodder, doddery, darrow, dryer, draw away, durra.
