DIRE
\dˈa͡ɪ͡ə], \dˈaɪə], \d_ˈaɪə]\
Definitions of DIRE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
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Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
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Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
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Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
By Noah Webster.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Extremely calamitous; dreadful; terrible.
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Direly.
By James Champlin Fernald
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