adjective (direr, direst)
1 [usuallybeforenoun] (formal) very serious:
living in dire poverty * dire warnings / threats * Such action may have dire consequences. * We're in dire need of your help. * The firm is in dire straits (= in a very difficult situation) and may go bankrupt.
2 (BrE, informal) very bad:
The acting was dire.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dire is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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