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direful

Speech parts

1. direful - Adjective

2. direful - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the awful war Source: Internet

an awful risk Source: Internet

dire news Source: Internet

a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked Source: Internet

the dread presence of the headmaster Source: Internet

polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was Source: Internet

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