Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Terribleness; horribleness; fearfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Terribleness; horror; woefulness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or quality of being
dire .
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Examples
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While the debt ceiling vote is largely a manufactured crisis, the direness of our fiscal debt problem is real.
Meredith Bagby: Republicans Gone Wild: Unraveling Their Debt-Ceiling Strategy Meredith Bagby 2011
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Despite the direness of the situation, Jim found himself smiling.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Despite the direness of the situation, Jim found himself smiling.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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While the debt ceiling vote is largely a manufactured crisis, the direness of our fiscal debt problem is real.
Meredith Bagby: Republicans Gone Wild: Unraveling Their Debt-Ceiling Strategy Meredith Bagby 2011
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"It is high time we paid tribute to those who sensed the direness of the moment and immediately sprang into action on that terrible day, exploiting it for personal gain," Sen. Lindsey Graham R-SC said Tuesday.
Weekly Joke Revue: "Congress Honors 9/11 First Capitalizers" 2011
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While the debt ceiling vote is largely a manufactured crisis, the direness of our fiscal debt problem is real.
Meredith Bagby: Republicans Gone Wild: Unraveling Their Debt-Ceiling Strategy Meredith Bagby 2011
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However, increasing questions had at last forced a reluctant Fandral to alert his fellow druids—if not the rest of the race—of the direness of the situation, hence the overriding reason so many had come to this sudden convocation.
WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE Richard A. Knaak 2010
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The direness of my situation catapulted me to the top of the national waiting list for a liver transplant.
Love For No Reason Marci Shimoff 2010
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Despite the direness of the situation, for a moment Anduin simply stared at her, enraptured by her beauty and grace, then blushed and concentrated his attention on the magic she was summoning.
The Shattering Christie Golden 2010
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Both actions made the German people realize the direness of the situation and prodded the Reichstag parties out of their slumber; the collapse of Bulgaria also dealt Germany a massive military blow by opening a gap in its defenses and cutting the link to Turkey.
How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010
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