Anagram Solver

Definitions for Dire

[1] causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
[2] indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune, or the like: dire predictions about the stock market.
[3] urgent; desperate: in dire need of food.
[4] Also: direful disastrous; fearful
[5] desperate; urgent a dire need
[6] foreboding disaster; ominous a dire warning

Words related to Dire

acute, extreme, critical, desperate, drastic, distressing, dreadful, disastrous, alarming, calamitous, horrible, appalling, depressing, ugly, cataclysmic, gloomy, dismal, unfortunate, catastrophic, awful

Words nearby Dire

dirac sea, dirac's constant, diradical, dirae, dirdum, dire, dire wolf, direc. prop., direct, direct access, direct action

Origin of Dire

First recorded in 1560–70, dire is from the Latin word dīrus fearful, unlucky

Other words from Dire

dire·ly , adverb
dire·ness , noun

Word origin for Dire

C16: from Latin dīrus ominous, fearful; related to Greek deos fear

Synonyms for Dire

acute, critical, desperate, drastic, extreme, burning, clamant, clamorous, climacteric, crying, exigent, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, pressing