Dire
Unspeakable
Synonyms Terrible, appalling, awful, atrocious, unspeakable, harrowing, shocking, grave, grievous, ruinous, catastrophic, devastating, miserable, woeful, irretrievable, chronic, parlous, desperate, crying, extreme, drastic, crucial, dreadful, frightful, horrible, grim, distressing, alarming, outrageous, serious, disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, crippling, wretched, hopeless, lousy, direful, urgent, pressing, sore, acute, critical, and vital.
Sinister
Synonyms Ominous, gloomy, sinister, dreadful, unpropitious, unfavourable, portentous, doom and gloom, grim, dismal, inauspicious, and pessimistic.
Example Sentences
The refugees were in dire need of food.
He made a dire mistake in judgment.
The situation is becoming dire.
They issued a dire warning about the storm.
The economy is in dire condition.
She was in dire pain after the accident.
The country faces a dire water shortage.
We are in dire need of assistance.
His health took a dire turn.
The consequences could be dire.
