dire·ful /ˈdaɪrfəl/
(a.)可怕的,悲慘的
Dire·ful a. Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day. -- Dire*ful*ly, adv. -- Dire*ful*ness, n.
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direful
adj : causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful
risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful
that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the
headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it
once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling";
"horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible
curse" [syn: awful, dire, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful,
fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific,
terrible]