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dire·ful 
[dahyuhr-fuhl] Pronunciation Key
[dahyuhr-fuhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | dreadful; awful; terrible. |
| 2. | indicating trouble: direful forecasts. |
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| dire·ful
(dīr'fəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
dire'ful·ly adv., dire'ful·ness n. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| direful | |
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| 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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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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