dire

dire is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
2. superlative. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
3. adjective. causing fear or dread or terror

   "the awful war"

   "an awful risk"

   Synonyms: awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

4. adjective. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless- G.C.Marshall

   "a desperate illness"

   "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"

   Synonyms: desperate

Synonyms

awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, desperate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dire:

dier, drie, ired, reid, ride

Common word forms

direr, direly, direst, direful, direness

Words from these letters

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