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1 Dire -- rank: 1000

Dire definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DIRE, a. [L.] Dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; evil in a great degree. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: desperate, dire] 2: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London ...

2 voir dire -- rank: 805

voir dire definitions Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Anglo-French, literally, to ... of a witness or juror Webster's 1913 Dictionary Voir dire Voir dire [OF., to say the truth, fr. L. verus true + dicere ...

3 dire straits -- rank: 792

dire straits definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a state of extreme distress [syn: desperate straits, dire straits]

4 dire wolf -- rank: 778

dire wolf definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1925 a large ...

5 c'est-à-dire -- rank: 778

c'est-à-dire definitions Merriam Webster's foreign term Etymology: French that is ...

6 Dire Dawa -- rank: 778

Dire Dawa definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name city E Ethiopia ...

7 ça va sans dire -- rank: 778

ça va sans dire definitions Merriam Webster's foreign term Etymology: French it goes ...

8 Direful -- rank: 668

Direful definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DIREFUL, a. [See Dire.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; as direful fiend; a direful misfortune. WordNet ... or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was ... horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible ... Reference Dictionary adj. literary terrible, dreadful . Derivatives: direfully adv. Etymology: DIRE + -FUL Webster's 1913 Dictionary Direful Dire"ful, a. [Dire + -ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; ...

9 Direfully -- rank: 482

... Webster's adverb see direful Webster's 1913 Dictionary Direful Dire"ful, a. [Dire + -ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n.

10 Direst -- rank: 482

Direst definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dire Dire, a. [Compar. Direr; superl. Direst.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.] 1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. 2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.

11 Direr -- rank: 482

Direr definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Dire Dire, a. [Compar. Direr; superl. Direst.] [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.] 1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens. 2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton. Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.

12 Direfulness -- rank: 482

Direfulness definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Direful Dire"ful, a. [Dire + -ful.] Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n.

13 Dreadful -- rank: 431

... or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was ... horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible ... Dictionary of English Synonyms a. 1. Terrible, horrible, horrid, direful, dire, fearful, frightful, terrific, awful, tremendous, formidable. 2. Venerable, awful. Moby ... demonic, deplorable, despicable, detective novel, detestable, devilish, diabolical, dime novel, dire, direful, disgusting, dread, dreaded, dreadfully, egregious, enormous, epistolary novel, erotic ...

14 Awful -- rank: 431

... or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was ... horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible ... imposing, solemn, majestic. 2. Dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, horrifying, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous, overwhelming, alarming, portentous. Moby Thesaurus Babylonian ... blameworthy, brutal, contemptible, crazy, damned, deadly, deluxe, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, direful, disgusting, divine, dread, dreaded, dreadful, eerie, egregious, elaborate, elegant ...

15 Fearful -- rank: 431

... or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was ... horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible ... showing the white feather, easily frightened. 3. Terrible, dreadful, frightful, dire, direful. 4. Awful, to be reverenced or revered. Moby Thesaurus ... concerned, coward, cowardly, cowed, daunted, daunting, deadly, deterrent, deterring, diffident, dire, direful, discomposed, disconcerting, discouraging, disgusting, disheartening, dismayed, dismaying, disquieted, disquieting ...