Synonyms, definition Dire

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1. dire (a)

57 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	alarming	3.39	8 letters	18 synonyms
2.	apocalyptic	2.69	11 letters	14 synonyms
3.	appalling	2.88	9 letters	45 synonyms
4.	awesome	83.2	7 letters	40 synonyms
5.	awful	28.8	5 letters	58 synonyms
6.	baleful	0.14	7 letters	27 synonyms
7.	burning	31.6	7 letters	124 synonyms
8.	calamitous	0.27	10 letters	36 synonyms
9.	clouded	1.15	7 letters	49 synonyms
10.	deplorable	1.58	10 letters	45 synonyms
11.	depressing	6.76	10 letters	72 synonyms
12.	disastrous	4.79	10 letters	30 synonyms
13.	dismal	1.82	6 letters	90 synonyms
14.	distressing	1.58	11 letters	87 synonyms
15.	doleful	0.08	7 letters	41 synonym
16.	dread	4.37	5 letters	53 synonyms
17.	dreadful	4.57	8 letters	45 synonyms
18.	dreary	1.2	6 letters	64 synonyms
19.	fearful	3.8	7 letters	67 synonyms
20.	forebodingen.synonym.one	0.62	10 letters	63 synonyms
21.	formidable	4.47	10 letters	35 synonyms
22.	frightful	0.66	9 letters	52 synonyms
23.	funereal	0.13	8 letters	11 synonyms
24.	ghastly	1.17	7 letters	41 synonym
25.	gloomy	2.45	6 letters	93 synonyms
26.	grievous	1.51	8 letters	69 synonyms
27.	grim	4.9	4 letters	97 synonyms
28.	grisly	0.55	6 letters	20 synonyms
29.	gruesome	1.86	8 letters	23 synonyms
30.	hideous	2.82	7 letters	34 synonyms
31.	horrible	27.5	8 letters	44 synonyms
32.	imperative	4.57	10 letters	42 synonyms
33.	instant	21.9	7 letters	46 synonyms
34.	lamentable	0.3	10 letters	24 synonyms
35.	lugubrious	0.11	10 letters	20 synonyms
36.	melancholy	2.45	10 letters	83 synonyms
37.	menacing	1.51	8 letters	27 synonyms
38.	morbid	1.82	6 letters	33 synonyms
39.	mournful	0.54	8 letters	49 synonyms
40.	moving	105	6 letters	112 synonyms
41.	ominous	2.51	7 letters	57 synonyms
42.	perilous	1.51	8 letters	43 synonyms
43.	pitiable	0.16	8 letters	40 synonyms
44.	poignant	1.86	8 letters	53 synonyms
45.	pressing	12	8 letters	44 synonyms
46.	sad	69.2	3 letters	86 synonyms
47.	shocking	12.6	8 letters	53 synonyms
48.	sinister	3.98	8 letters	47 synonyms
49.	somber	1.12	6 letters	22 synonyms
50.	threateningen.synonym.one	15.5	11 letters	62 synonyms
51.	tragic	12	6 letters	16 synonyms
52.	traumatic	6.17	9 letters	14 synonyms
53.	unfavourable	0.62	12 letters	50 synonyms
54.	unfortunate	13.2	11 letters	60 synonyms
55.	unlucky	4.27	7 letters	32 synonyms
56.	urgent	14.1	6 letters	33 synonyms
57.	woeful	0.49	6 letters	44 synonyms

2. dire (Adjective)

8 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	desperate	20.9	9 letters	32 synonyms
2.	direful	0.01	7 letters	11 synonyms
3.	dreaded	2.24	7 letters	12 synonyms
4.	fearsome	1.12	8 letters	11 synonyms
5.	frightening	4.68	11 letters	16 synonyms
6.	horrendous	2.69	10 letters	21 synonym
7.	horrific	5.75	8 letters	14 synonyms
8.	terrible	51.3	8 letters	58 synonyms

2 definitions

dire (Adjective) —	Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless 1 example
	1. ex. "a dire emergency"
dire (Adjective) —	Causing fear, dread or terror 1 example
	1. ex. "dire news"

Similar words

— alarming	— critical	— dare	— dear
— deer	— diarrhea	— diarrhoea	— diary
— door	— doorway	— dour	— dower
— dowry	— draw	— draw away	— dray
— dry

6 misspelling

ddire diire dir diree dirre ire

With the same beginning

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With the same ending

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All synonyms in one line

alarming, apocalyptic, appalling, awesome, awful, en.synonym.one, baleful, burning, calamitous, clouded, deplorable, depressing, disastrous, dismal, distressing, doleful, dread, dreadful, dreary, fearful, foreboding, formidable, frightful, funereal, ghastly, gloomy, en.synonym.one, grievous, grim, grisly, gruesome, hideous, horrible, imperative, instant, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, menacing, morbid, mournful, moving, ominous, perilous, pitiable, poignant, pressing, sad, shocking, sinister, somber, threatening, en.synonym.one, tragic, traumatic, unfavourable, unfortunate, unlucky, urgent, woeful, desperate, direful, dreaded, fearsome, frightening, en.synonym.one, horrendous, horrific, terrible.

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