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dire

Pronunciation: (dī^ur), [key]
—adj., dir•er, dir•est.
1. causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
2. indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune, or the like: dire predictions about the stock market.
3. urgent; desperate: in dire need of food.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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