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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dire a. [Compar. Direr superl. Direst.]
 1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
 2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.
    Dire was the tossing, deep the groans.   --Milton.
    Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire.   --Milton.
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