Definition of dire

"dire" in the adjective sense

1. desperate, dire

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"

2. awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

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"

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Quotations for dire

That dire disease, whose ruthless power
Withers the beauty - transient flower. [ Goldsmith ]

Gorgons, and hydras, and chimaeras dire. [ Milton ]

Lean abstinence, pale grief, and haggard care,
The dire attendants of forlorn despair. [ Pattison ]

What dire offence from amorous causes springs!
What mighty contests rise from trivial things! [ Pope ]

Can heavenly minds cherish such dire resentment? [ Virgil ]

Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend. [ Swift ]

How dire is love when one is so tortured; and yet lovers cannot exist without torturing themselves. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

dire in Scrabble®

The word dire is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dire:

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dire in Words With Friends™

The word dire is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters dire:

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Words within the letters of dire

2 letter words in dire (2 words)

3 letter words in dire (5 words)

4 letter words in dire (Anagrams) (3 words)

Word Growth involving dire

Shorter words in dire

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Longer words containing dire

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