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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dire
    adj 1: 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" [syn: desperate,
           dire]
    2: 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" [syn: awful, dire,
       direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful,
       fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific,
       terrible]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dire \Dire\ (d[imac]r), a. [Compar. Direr (d[imac]r"[~e]r);
   superl. Direst.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.]
   1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
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   2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible;
      terrible; lamentable.
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            Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton.
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            Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.
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