Information about the word dire (English → Esperanto: terura)

Synonyms: dreadful, gruesome, horrible, terrible, appalling, awful, atrocious, terrific

Part of speechadjective

Usage samples

He warned his party of the dire consequences of a failure to act, and they ignored him.
I do not blame May for the present dire state of our poor country.

Translations

Danishforfærdelig; rædsom; skrækkelig
Dutchijselijk; verschrikkelijk
Esperantoterura
Faeroeseræðuligur
Frenchterrible; affreux
Germanschrecklich
Hungarianszörnyű
Icelandichræðilegur; hryllilegur
Italianterribile
Norwegianforferdelig; skrekkelig
Papiamentoabominabel; feros; feroso; horibel; teribel
Polishokropny; straszny
Portuguesehorrível; terrível
Saterland Frisianaiske; äiländich; furchtboar; grääselk; grääsich; hachelk; skräkkelk
Swedishförfärlig; förskräcklig; gräslig; hemsk