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dire⋅ful

   [dahyuhr-fuhl]
–adjective
1. dreadful; awful; terrible.
2. indicating trouble: direful forecasts.
Origin:
1575–85; dire + -ful
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dire·ful     (dīr'fəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Inspiring dread; terrible.
  2. Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.
dire'ful·ly adv., dire'ful·ness n.
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direful

adjective
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" 

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Direful

Dire"ful\, a. [Dire + -ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n.

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