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Learn the meaning of dire with synonyms, antonyms and an example sentence. Part of our 11 plus vocabulary list used for selective school and grammar school preparation.
dire
(adjective)
dire
(adjective)
Meaning
extremely bad or serious
Example
"The village faced dire consequences after the flood."
Synonyms
dreadfulterriblegrave
Antonyms
trivialminorunimportant
More about this word
Word origin
From Latin dirus, meaning fearful or dreadful.
Related word forms
adverb: direly
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