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· dire
adjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
"a desperate illness"
causing fear or dread or terror
"the awful war"
Similar words
desperate
awful
direful
dread
dreaded
dreadful
fearful
fearsome
frightening
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).