Dire
Dire is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 5 points
- Letters
- 4
- Syllables
- 1
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of dire
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adjectiveFraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless- G.C.Marshall.
“a desperate illness”
Similar: desperate
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adjectiveCausing fear or dread or terror.
“the awful war”
Similar: awful , direful , dread , dreaded , dreadful , fearful , fearsome , frightening , horrendous , horrific , terrible
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of dire
Words inside dire
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- die4
- red4
- rid4
- ire3
- rei3
Words that rhyme with dire
- ire
- shire
- skier
- spire
- squire
- tyre
- lyre
- mire
- quire
- inspire
- retire
- admire
- aspire
- expire
- inquire
- afire
- perspire
- rehire
- reacquire
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