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Causing or inspiring fear, dread or alarm

Bodeful of bad or unfortunate consequences

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Causing or imposing emotional, and sometimes physical, distress

Dangerous, or potentially destructive

Very unpleasant or revolting

Disturbing in nature, especially due to references to death or dying

In urgent need of immediate attention

Lamentably bad or poor in quality

Very severe or serious

Urgent, typically arising from or used in an emergency

Denoting a high degree of seriousness

At the point of death

Making continual and persistent demands

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Adjective

Causing or inspiring fear, dread or alarm

life-threatening

a load of pants

phantasmagorical

demoralizing^US

suggestive of evil

demoralising^UK

indescribably wicked

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably evil

too horrible for words

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“What did it matter if the same messenger bore dire news of lords slaughtered in far places, of the troops of the Wolf Lord Raj Ahten striking all through the kingdoms of Rofehavan?”

Adjective

Bodeful of bad or unfortunate consequences

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

prognosticatory

suggestive of evil

evil-intentioned

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“The State Department has issued dire warnings with threats of tens of thousands of dollars in fines.”

Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

given to looking on the black side

in the doldrums

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

with a long face

singing the blues

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“A sense of normality had swiftly replaced the dire atmosphere of fear.”

Adjective

Causing or imposing emotional, and sometimes physical, distress

heart-wrenching

unfavourable^UK

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

disadvantageous

fire-and-brimstone

life-threatening

full of hardship

foolish-looking

beyond contempt

behind eight ball

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“We were forced to share in the sorrow and grief of our comrades as they received an unexpected visit from their family with the dire news of a father or a brother killed in action.”

Adjective

Dangerous, or potentially destructive

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

earth-shattering

evil-intentioned

life-threatening

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

ill-intentioned

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“At this point, Ogorzow was physically reacting to the dire situation he was in.”

Adjective

Very unpleasant or revolting

very unpleasant

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

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“The rivers' water quality began to deteriorate, showing the first signals of sufferance such as dire odors and fish death.”

Adjective

Disturbing in nature, especially due to references to death or dying

blood-and-thunder

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“Petallia held up a big ochre towel to screen her eyes from the dire sight of exposed flesh.”

Adjective

In urgent need of immediate attention

life-threatening

demanding attention

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“This has been a dire issue since the beginning of human civilization, and if unaddressed, the world may come to a drastic end.”

Adjective

Lamentably bad or poor in quality

foolish-looking

a load of pants

dissatisfactory

bargain-basement

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

leaving much to be desired

good-for-nothing

less-than-stellar

cheap and nasty

end-of-the-pier

not up to standard

no great shakes

of poor quality

unable to do something for toffee

twopenny-halfpenny

strictly for the birds

unable to do something to save one's life

lowest of the low

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“Both roofs have now been removed and repairs attempted by the same company, but the damage and dire workmanship remain.”

Adjective

Very severe or serious

overextravagant

out of proportion

dyed-in-the-wool

disproportionate

out of all proportion

energy-consuming

recrementitious

in every respect

through and through

easier said than done

costing an arm and a leg

wildly excessive

blown up out of all proportion

grossly excessive

excessively high

over one's head

surplus to requirements

like getting blood out of a stone

beyond the pale

root-and-branch

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

as plain as day

as plain as a pikestaff

staring someone in the face

standing out a mile

sticking out like a sore thumb

not giving an inch

no holds barred

no strings attached

one hundred per cent

without reservations

no ifs ands or buts

earth-shattering

worthy of attention

carrying a lot of weight

overemphasized^US

sensationalistic

overemphasised^UK

highly coloured

larger-than-life

most significant

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Adjective

Urgent, typically arising from or used in an emergency

Adjective

Denoting a high degree of seriousness

of great consequence

of great import

of great moment

hanging by thread

of significance

no laughing matter

of great importance

earth-shattering

matter of life and death

world-shattering

vitally important

carrying a lot of weight

of vital importance

extremely important

worthy of attention

highly regarded

of high standing

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Adjective

At the point of death

Adjective

Making continual and persistent demands

full of determination

self-opinionated

bound and determined

meaning business

single-minded about

stubborn as a mule

obsessive about

inflexible about

fanatical about

not backward in coming forward

stop at nothing

committed to the idea of

tall in the saddle

on one's mettle

believing in oneself

in for long haul

self-respecting

not taking no for an answer

dyed-in-the-wool

through-and-through

overly solicitous

one hundred per cent

spoiling for a fight

having killer instinct

ready for action

unaccommodating

high-maintenance

hard to satisfy

over-censorious

over-particular

tried and tested

as game as Ned Kelly

set in one's ways

standing one's ground

not giving an inch

through and through

sticking to one's guns

pulling no punches

bred-in-the-bone

string along with

self-disciplined

unimpressionable

insistent about

set in concrete

playing hard ball

going for broke

meaning what one says

set in your ways

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

not discouraged

keen as mustard

as keen as mustard

true to the end

hold your ground

difficult to keep down

as thick as thieves

rolling with punches

quick to recover

quick to bounce back

like a ball of fire

desiring success

intensely competitive

fiercely competitive

tough nut to crack

tough as old boots

like death and taxes

on the up and up

high-principled

as tough as old boots

well-constructed

long-established

closely controlled

strictly controlled

rigidly enforced

well established

firmly established

well-established

taken for granted

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