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dire  (dr)
adj. dir·er, dir·est
1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: a dire economic forecast; dire threats.
2. Urgent; desperate: in dire need; dire poverty.
[Latin drus, fearsome, terrible; akin to Greek deinos.]
direly adv.
direness n.

 
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