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direful

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  1. 1. a. Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. causing fear or dread or terror Source: wordnet
  3. 3. Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n. Source: webster
  4. 4. Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direfulfiend; a direful day.-- Dire"ful*ly, adv.-- Dire"ful*ness, n. Source: adambom
  5. 5. s causing fear or dread or terror Source: ecdict

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