dire 音标拼音: [d'ɑɪr] [d'ɑɪɚ]
a . 可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的
可怕的,悲惨的,阴惨的,极端的
dire adj 1 :
fraught with extreme danger ;
nearly hopeless ; "
a desperate illness "; "
on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel "-
G .
C .
Marshall ; "
a dire emergency " [
synonym : {
desperate },
{
dire }]
2 :
causing fear or dread or terror ; "
the awful war "; "
an awful risk "; "
dire news "; "
a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked "; "
the dread presence of the headmaster ";
"
polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was "; "
a dreadful storm "; "
a fearful howling "; "
horrendous explosions shook the city "; "
a terrible curse " [
synonym : {
awful }, {
dire },
{
direful }, {
dread (
a )}, {
dreaded }, {
dreadful }, {
fearful },
{
fearsome }, {
frightening }, {
horrendous }, {
horrific },
{
terrible }]
Dire \
Dire \ (
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a . [
Compar . {
Direr } (
d [
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r "[~
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superl . {
Direst }.] [
L .
dirus ;
of uncertain origin .]
1 .
Ill -
boding ;
portentous ;
as ,
dire omens .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Evil in great degree ;
dreadful ;
dismal ;
horrible ;
terrible ;
lamentable .
[
1913 Webster ]
Dire was the tossing ,
deep the groans . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dire ":
abominable ,
apocalyptic ,
appalling ,
arrant ,
astounding ,
atrocious ,
awe -
inspiring ,
awesome ,
awful ,
bad ,
badly off ,
baleful ,
baneful ,
base ,
beastly ,
beneath contempt ,
black ,
blameworthy ,
bodeful ,
boding ,
brutal ,
burning ,
calamitous ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
clamant ,
clamorous ,
climacteric ,
contemptible ,
critical ,
crucial ,
crying ,
dark ,
deplorable ,
depressed ,
depressing ,
desperate ,
despicable ,
destructive ,
detestable ,
direful ,
disastrous ,
disgusting ,
distressing ,
donsie ,
doomful ,
dread ,
dreaded ,
dreadful ,
dreary ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
evil ,
evil -
starred ,
exigent ,
fatal ,
fateful ,
fell ,
fetid ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
foreboding ,
formidable ,
fortuneless ,
foul ,
frightful ,
fulsome ,
funest ,
ghastly ,
ghoulish ,
gloomy ,
grievous ,
grim ,
grisly ,
gross ,
gruesome ,
hapless ,
hateful ,
heartbreaking ,
heinous ,
hideous ,
horrendous ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
horrific ,
horrifying ,
ill ,
ill off ,
ill -
boding ,
ill -
fated ,
ill -
omened ,
ill -
starred ,
imperative ,
importunate ,
in adverse circumstances ,
inauspicious ,
infamous ,
instant ,
lamentable ,
loathsome ,
lousy ,
lowering ,
luckless ,
macabre ,
menacing ,
monstrous ,
morbid ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
of evil portent ,
offensive ,
ominous ,
out of luck ,
outrageous ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
planet -
struck ,
portending ,
portentous ,
rank ,
redoubtable ,
regrettable ,
reprehensible ,
repulsive ,
rotten ,
ruinous ,
sad ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
schrecklich ,
scurvy ,
shabby ,
shameful ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
short of luck ,
sinister ,
somber ,
sordid ,
squalid ,
star -
crossed ,
terrible ,
terrific ,
threatening ,
too bad ,
tragic ,
tremendous ,
unblessed ,
unclean ,
underprivileged ,
unfavorable ,
unfortunate ,
unhappy ,
unlucky ,
unpromising ,
unpropitious ,
unprosperous ,
unprovidential ,
unspeakable ,
untoward ,
urgent ,
vile ,
villainous ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wreckful ,
wretched
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