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dire
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
direr; direst
direr; direst
Learner's definition of DIRE
[or more dire; most dire]
1
: very bad : causing great fear or worry糟糕的；可怕的；令人担忧的
- Even the smallest mistake could have dire [=terrible, dreadful] consequences.哪怕是最小的错误也有可能导致可怕的后果。
- a dire emergency可怕的突发事件
- The circumstances are now more dire than ever.现在的状况比以往任何时候都要糟糕。
- With its best player out of the game, the team found itself in dire straits. [=in a very bad or difficult situation]最好的球员比赛出局后，球队感到处境岌岌可危。
- The company now finds itself in dire financial straits. [=the company is having bad financial problems]公司发现目前已深陷财务困境。
2
: warning of disaster : showing a very bad future预示灾难的
- Some analysts are issuing dire economic forecasts.一些分析家对经济形势发表了灾难性的预测。
- a dire prediction/warning不祥的预言/警示
3
a : requiring immediate action : very urgent紧急的；急迫的
- The government is in dire [=desperate] need of reform.政府亟须改革。
- dire necessity急需的必备品
b : very serious or extreme严重的；极其的
- They live in dire poverty.他们的生活极为贫困。
direr; direst
direly adverb
direness noun
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Dire Straits and Furies
Dire and fury share a history in Roman mythology, as each of these words is connected to the Erinyes, the avenging and terrifying deities of ancient myth who tormented criminals. The Romans referred to these goddesses as either the Dirae or the Furiae. The former is from the Latin word dirus, from which dire is descended, and the latter comes from furere, from where we get fury. The word dire is often found in conjunction with straits; in dire straits is used of a situation that is very bad or difficult. Our records indicate that this phrase began to be used in English at the end of the 18th century, when it appeared in Francis Fawkes’s The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius: “When now the heroes through the vast profound, Reach the dire straits with rocks encompass’d round.”
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Example Sentences
The alleged threat posed by Yellowstone's 3,600 buffalo came from the fact that they carry brucella, a bacterium that cycles harmlessly enough in Bison bison but has considerably more dire effects on cattle. 
Christopher Ketcham, Harper's, June 2008 Whether one is a lowly farmer or an urban worker, a student, professional, or a member of the elite, a meal is not complete unless rice is served to accompany the main viand of pork, fish, chicken, beef, vegetables or in the most dire circumstances, dry fish or salt. Georgina R. Encanto, Food, April 2000 All wild tigers are threatened with extinction, but Sumatran tigers are in especially dire straits because the world's zoos have only 235 of them in captive-breeding programs. Audubon, November-December 1998 The circumstances are now more dire than ever. Some analysts are issuing dire economic forecasts. They live in dire poverty. See More
Christopher Ketcham, Harper's, June 2008 Whether one is a lowly farmer or an urban worker, a student, professional, or a member of the elite, a meal is not complete unless rice is served to accompany the main viand of pork, fish, chicken, beef, vegetables or in the most dire circumstances, dry fish or salt. Georgina R. Encanto, Food, April 2000 All wild tigers are threatened with extinction, but Sumatran tigers are in especially dire straits because the world's zoos have only 235 of them in captive-breeding programs. Audubon, November-December 1998 The circumstances are now more dire than ever. Some analysts are issuing dire economic forecasts. They live in dire poverty. See More Recent Examples on the Web As a strategy for governing Britain in this dire economic moment, however, adopting genuine Thatcherism would amount to political suicide. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 The pound slid to its weakest level in close to four decades, weighed down by a dire economic outlook and the latest bout of U.S. dollar strength. Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Extreme drought is the monitor’s second most dire category, behind only exceptional drought. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The Mississippi city of Jackson — the state’s capital city — is in the midst of a dire water crisis. Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Sep. 2022 Facing a dire forecast of record heat continuing through midweek, a state power official asked the public to observe a Flex Alert that was issued Saturday and extended into Sunday, the fifth consecutive day. Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 Wenner also goes into frank detail for the first time about the dire health issues that plagued him in recent years and his difficult decision to sell Rolling to PMC in 2017. Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022 Eight rural hospitals have shut down in Georgia over the past 10 years, and more than a dozen others face dire financial struggles, but news of the Atlanta closure brought the trend to the capital city — and the thick of the campaign trail. Timothy Pratt, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022 Solutions to the dire shortage range widely across the country. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022 See More
John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2022 The pound slid to its weakest level in close to four decades, weighed down by a dire economic outlook and the latest bout of U.S. dollar strength. Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 Extreme drought is the monitor’s second most dire category, behind only exceptional drought. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022 The Mississippi city of Jackson — the state’s capital city — is in the midst of a dire water crisis. Andy Meek, BGR, 3 Sep. 2022 Facing a dire forecast of record heat continuing through midweek, a state power official asked the public to observe a Flex Alert that was issued Saturday and extended into Sunday, the fifth consecutive day. Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022 Wenner also goes into frank detail for the first time about the dire health issues that plagued him in recent years and his difficult decision to sell Rolling to PMC in 2017. Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022 Eight rural hospitals have shut down in Georgia over the past 10 years, and more than a dozen others face dire financial struggles, but news of the Atlanta closure brought the trend to the capital city — and the thick of the campaign trail. Timothy Pratt, ajc, 1 Sep. 2022 Solutions to the dire shortage range widely across the country. Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin dīrus "(of omens) exciting horror, awful, (of physical or nonphysical things) inspiring terror, dreadful," probably going back to *dweiro-, going back to Indo-European *du̯ei̯-ro- or *du̯ei̯-so-, adjectival derivatives of the verbal base *du̯ei- "fear" — more at deinonychus
Note: The regular outcome of pre-Latin *dweiros would be *bīrus in Latin, which has led to speculation that the word has been borrowed from another Italic language. This hypothesis appears to be supported by a remark in the expanded version of the commentary on the Aeneid by the grammarian Servius, that the word dīrus was used by the Sabines and Umbrians.
First Known Use
1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of dire was in 1565 Phrases Containing dire
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