dire (Also direr, direst) : Related Words Words similar in meaning to dire
- desperate«
- dreadful«
- direful«
- horrific«
- fearful«
- frightening«
- terrible«
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- horrendous«
- awful«
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- acute«
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- nightmarish«
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- tremendous«
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- hideous«
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- gruesome«
- apprehensive«
- terrific«
- wicked«
- abominable«
- creepy«
- grisly«
- macabre«
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- forbidding«
- hairy«
- hair-raising«
- grievous«
- shivery«
- bloodcurdling«
- redoubtable«
- shuddery«
- scarey«
- minatory«
- minacious«
- creepy-crawly«
- petrifying«
- direness«
- ethiopia«
- apprehension«
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- awfulness«
- gloomy«
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- terribleness«
- bad«
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- tombouctou region«
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- dire dawa«
- dreadfulness«
- unpleasant«
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- apprehensiveness«
- whistle past the graveyard«
- dungeon tile series«
- gloom«
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- voir dire«
- dire tomb«
- fear«
- lousy«
- urgent«
- dire corby«
- chill«
- mean«
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- pall«
- sore«
- dire animal«
- premonition«
- filthy«
- pressing«
- diré cercle«
- suspense«
- of the essence«
- portentous«
- meaner version«
- boding«
- down in the mouth«
- portent«
- dire tladi«
- trepidation«
- depressed«
- plightful«
- dire strait tour«
- quail at«
- somber«
- plight«
- dire dawa stadium«
- presentiment«
- uneasy«
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- astedader akabibi«
- apprehend«
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- mali«
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- regular animal«
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- vital«
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- criticalness«
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- aba tenna dejazmach yilma international airport«
- somberness«
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- criticality«
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- zoology«
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- comparative law«
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- blue«
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- all-important«
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- dragon fantasy role«
- grotty«
- administrative subdivision«
- fiction«
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- extinct specie«
- public law«
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- concert tour«
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- pretoria«
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- distance runner«
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- lieu«
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- marvel comic«
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- international law«
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- chef«
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- album«
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- tough«
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- music«
- negative«
- wolf«
- embarrassing«
- town«
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- stadium«
- ill«
- multi«
- distressing«
- africa«
- dour«
- institute«
- unstable«
- french«
- shocking«
- example«
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- professor«
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- department«
- sad«
- city«
- extreme«
- university«
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- unfavorable«
- overwhelming«
- alert«
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- frightened«
- unhappy«
- some«
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- alarmed«
- bitter«
- profound«
- pretty«
- strong«
- shameful«
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- big«
- panicky«
- rough«
- terrified«
- sharp«
- mediocre«
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- sorry«
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- relentless«
- howling«
- cold«
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- fierce«
- one«
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- unsafe«
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- of import«
- hurt«
- great«
- dismayed«
- incompetent«
- inexorable«
- vehement«
- fateful«
- exceptional«
- deep«
- fantastic«
- ungrateful«
- exceeding«
- screaming«
- rare«
- mortifying«
- disgusting«
- unsuitable«
- aggravated«
- remarkable«
- phenomenal«
- stern«
- beastly«
- unabated«
- uncommon«
- appalled«
- icky«
- life-or-death«
- intensified«
- inauspicious«
- shocked«
- distasteful«
- uncanny«
- wild«
- marvellous«
- wonderful«
- knockout«
- foul«
- hot«
- acrid«
- utmost«
- main«
- uncool«
- revolting«
- virulent«
- horrified«
- loathsome«
- repellent«
- aghast«
- cheerless«
- stinking«
- intensive«
- unskilled«
- wondrous«
- dejected«
- surpassing«
- xenophobic«
- yucky«
- indispensable«
- vitriolic«
- black«
- numb«
- smart«
- consuming«
- concentrated«
- marvelous«
- claustrophobic«
- keen«
- pivotal«
- repugnant«
- distressful«
- morbid«
- caustic«
- rattling«
- polar«
- ghoulish«
- life-and-death«
- special«
- thick«
- mischievous«
- abhorrent«
- rotten«
- obscene«
- naughty«
- obnoxious«
- swingeing«
- singular«
- exquisite«
- perturbing«
- shitty«
- baneful«
- crappy«
- stinky«
- predictive«
- repulsive«
- vindictive«
- sulfurous«
- tearing«
- acerbic«
- rubber«
- bitchy«
- cruddy«
- hunted«
- sepulchral«
- detestable«
- spiteful«
- center«
- sulphurous«
- maleficent«
- wound«
- rank«
- catty«
- preternatural«
- repelling«
- objectionable«
- repellant«
- tart«
- prodigious«
- olympian«
- grand«
- smutty«
- uttermost«
- acid«
- mordant«
- wonderworking«
- verminous«
- uncheerful«
- unappeasable«
- triskaidekaphobic«
- terror-struck«
- terror-stricken«
- shitless«
- sharp-worded«
- scrimy«
- rebarbative«
- prognosticative«
- panic-struck«
- mysophobic«
- loathly«
- horror-struck«
- horror-stricken«
- god-awful«
- disgustful«
- despiteful«
- cattish«
- bonzer«
- blood-and-guts«
- aquaphobic«
- algophobic«
- afflictive«
- afeared«
- afeard«
- acrophobic«
- acerb«
- skanky«
- anticipatory«
- hangdog«
- charnel«
- panic-stricken«
- extraordinaire«
- hydrophobic«
- pyrotechnic«
- no-good«
- corky«
- trigger-happy«
- agoraphobic«
- corked«
- prevenient«
- white-lipped«
- crisis«
- spite«
- hardship«
- predict«
- severity«
- anticipate«
- omen«
- enormity«
- panic attack«
- panic«
- promise«
- seriousness«
- alarm«
- foretell«
- shadow«
- dismay«
- call«
- outrage«
- scare off«
- scare away«
- scare«
- frighten away«
- fright«
- frighten off«
- presage«
- consternation«
- shudder«
- grimness«
- scandal«
- mischief«
- prognostication«
- rigor«
- dangerousness«
- tingle«
- thrill«
- rigour«
- quiver«
- frisson«
- nastiness«
- shiver«
- spitefulness«
- severeness«
- rigourousness«
- rigorousness«
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