Definitions For Direness

Noun

DIRENESS (plural - or es) The state or quality of being dire.

Etymology

dire + ness

Anagrams

Driessen, Seidners

Is Direness 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
9
Words with Friends
10

The word Direness is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Direness in a Sentence

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

Antonyms for Direness

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