dire - Meaning in Punjabi

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dire - Meaning in Punjabi

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Definitions and Meaning of dire in English

dire adjective

1. causing fear or dread or terror

   Synonyms

   awful, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

   ਸਿਤਮ, ਕਰਾਲ, ਖੂਖ਼ਾਰ, ਖੂੰਖ਼ਾਰੂ, ਘਮਸਾਨ, ਦਹਿਸ਼ਤਗਰਦ, ਪ੍ਰਚੰਡ

   Examples

   • "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"
   • "a dreadful storm"
   • "a fearful howling"
   • "a terrible curse"
   • "an awful risk"
   • "dire news"
   • "horrendous explosions shook the city"
   • "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"
   • "the awful war"
   • "the dread presence of the headmaster"
2. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

   Synonyms

   desperate

   Examples

   • "a desperate illness"
   • "a dire emergency"
   • "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"

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