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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

Persistent in one's endeavors

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Adjective

Causing or inspiring fear, dread or alarm

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

life-threatening

suggestive of evil

indescribably wicked

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably evil

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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

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

full of hardship

fire-and-brimstone

suggestive of evil

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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

full of despair

in the doldrums

given to looking on the black side

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

overcome with sorrow

heavy with grief

sick as a parrot

discountenanced

discombobulated

racked with pain

singing the blues

racked with suffering

unable to be consoled

prostrate with grief

unable to be comforted

beside oneself with grief

emotionally defeated

having blue devils

having the blahs

at the end of your tether

at end of one's rope

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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

life-threatening

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

beyond contempt

down in the mouth

down in the dumps

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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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

environmentally unfriendly

earth-shattering

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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

hanging by thread

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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

less-than-stellar

leaving much to be desired

good-for-nothing

not up to standard

cheap and nasty

unable to do something for toffee

of poor quality

end-of-the-pier

no great shakes

twopenny-halfpenny

unable to do something to save one's life

strictly for the birds

lowest of the low

not good enough

of no financial value

of little value

thrown together

undistinguished

would fetch nothing

bottom-of-barrel

of negligible value

not up to expectations

less than ideal

not all it's cracked up to be

not worth a hill of beans

of little worth

nickel-and-dime

of little financial value

unsophisticated

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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

recrementitious

energy-consuming

excessively high

easier said than done

blown up out of all proportion

beyond the pale

over one's head

surplus to requirements

like getting blood out of a stone

root-and-branch

grossly excessive

wildly excessive

taking the cake

overemphasized^US

sensationalistic

overemphasised^UK

highly coloured

larger-than-life

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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

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

worthy of attention

extremely important

highly regarded

of high standing

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Adjective

At the point of death

at death's door

on its last legs

breathing your last

not long for this world

on your deathbed

with one foot in the grave

fatally poisoned

at the end of the rope

on your last legs

one foot in the grave

having one foot in the grave

failing rapidly

in the jaws of death

on the point of death

one foot in grave

giving up the ghost

at end of one's rope

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Adjective

Persistent in one's endeavors

full of determination

bound and determined

meaning business

self-opinionated

single-minded about

inflexible about

obsessive about

stubborn as a mule

fanatical about

stop at nothing

in for long haul

on one's mettle

committed to the idea of

tall in the saddle

dyed-in-the-wool

through-and-through

set in one's ways

round-the-clock

round the clock

putting one's heart and soul into

as game as Ned Kelly

nose to grindstone

action-oriented

with one's shoulder to the wheel

with one's nose to the grindstone

like a ball of fire

desiring success

with one's feet dug in

with one's toes dug in

playing hard ball

around-the-clock

be out for blood

nose to the grindstone

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