dictionary help1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. "Dire was the tossing, deep the groans." (Milton) "Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire." (Milton)
Origin: L. Dirus; of uncertain origin.
(01 Mar 1998)
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