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- Dictionarydireful/ˈdʌɪəfʊl/
adjective
- 1. extremely bad; dreadful. archaic, literary
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Direful means very bad or unpleasant, especially in a literary or dramatic context. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms and pronunciation tips.
Direful means causing great fear or foretelling bad things to come. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and usage in this online dictionary.
Direful means dreadful, awful or terrible, and indicates trouble. It comes from dire + -ful and was first recorded in 1575-85. See how to use direful in sentences and its word history.
Definitions of direful. adjective. causing fear or dread or terror. “a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked”. synonyms: awful, dire, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible. alarming. frightening because of an awareness of danger.
Direful means literary dire; awful; very bad. It is an adjective derived from dire, meaning dreadful or terrible. See pronunciation, collocations, sentences and word origin of direful.
Direful means causing fear or dread or terror, or foreshadowing evil or disaster. Find out the pronunciation, translation, and examples of direful and its synonyms in this online dictionary.
Direful means being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come, or causing fear. Find 148 similar and opposite words for direful, such as ominous, terrifying, and reassuring.
