dire Synonyms

fearful fearsome frightening terrible desperate awful direful dreaded dread dreadful horrendous horrific ominous parlous nasty peracute perilous pressing petrifying planet-struck plutonian portentous redoubtable precarious ruinous menacing horrifying ill-boding ill-omened ill-starred immane impendent importunate inauspicious instant intimidatory lamentable lethiferous maleficial minacious minatory morbid mortal horrid sad last-ditch crit wretched wrackful woesome