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adjective
- 1. (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent: "dire consequences"
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Dire definition: causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible. See examples of DIRE used in a sentence.
Definition of dire adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. uk / daɪə r/ us. Add to word list Add to word list. very serious or bad: He's in dire need of help. (Definition of dire from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Full Definition of DIRE. 1. a: exciting horror <dire suffering>b: dismal, oppressive <dire days>. 2. : warning of disaster <a dire forecast>. 3. a: desperately urgent <dire need>b: extreme <dire poverty>. — dire·lyadverb. — dire·nessnoun.
adjective. Definition of dire. Synonyms for dire. They live in dire poverty. The circumstances are now more dire than ever. Some analysts are issuing dire economic forecasts. All wild tigers are threatened with extinction, but Sumatran tigers are in especially dire straits because the world's zoos have only 235 of them in captive-breeding programs.
very serious or bad: He's in dire need of help. (Definition of dire from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. Dire is used to emphasize how serious or terrible a situation or event is. [emphasis] [...] 2. If you describe something as dire, you are emphasizing that it is of very low quality. [informal, emphasis] [...] More. Synonyms of 'dire' • desperate, pressing, crying, critical [...] • terrible, awful, appalling, dreadful [...] More.
