Associations to the word «Dire»
Noun
- Mcqueen
- Boar
- Garcia
- Forecast
- Ans
- Guitarist
- Roi
- Sta
- Affliction
- Economic
- Muse
- Tina
- Dice
- Doom
- Mal
- Havoc
- Mandela
- Urgency
- Outcry
- Danger
- Jove
- Santana
- Einstein
- Glimmer
- Bystander
- Dall
- Orc
- Curse
- Dal
- Travis
- Condition
- Tiding
- Sulla
- Wiz
- Dismay
- Rage
- Et
- Hardship
- Kal
- Tumult
- En
- Jour
- Maiden
- Dan
- Trouble
- Parody
- Cutter
- Bonnie
- Wolverine
- Serge
- Slaughter
- Sunflower
- Telling
- Bon
- Mamma
- Drow
- Deed
- Hunger
- Trojan
- Cat
- Lair
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
DIRE, adjective. Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
DIRE, adjective. Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
DIRE, adjective. Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
DIRE, adjective. (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
DIRE STRAIGHTS, noun. Misspelling of dire straits.
DIRE STRAITS, noun. A difficult position
DIRE WOLF, noun. An extinct canine (Canis dirus) from the Pleistocene era
Dictionary definition
DIRE, adjective. 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".
DIRE, adjective. 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".
Wise words
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words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.