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dire

English

  1. 🔊 causing fear or dread or terror
    “the awful war”
  2. 🔊 fraught with extreme danger
    “a desperate illness”

Similar words

awful direful dread(a) dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous horrific terrible desperate abominable apocalyptic appalling arrant astounding atrocious awe-inspiring awesome awful bad badly off baleful