Definitions For Dire

adjective

  • Causing fear or dread or terror
  • Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

Is Dire a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
5

The word Dire is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dire in a Sentence

  • The circumstances are now more dire than ever.
  • Some analysts are issuing dire economic forecasts.
  • They live in dire poverty.

Synonyms for Dire

Antonyms for Dire

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