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direful
adjective dire·ful \ˈdī(-ə)r-fəl\
Definition of DIREFUL
1
: dreadful <direful war began again — Charles Dickens>
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First Known Use of DIREFUL
1565
Related to DIREFUL
- Synonyms
- baleful, dire, ominous, doomy, foreboding, ill, ill-boding, inauspicious, menacing, minatory, portentous, sinister, threatening
- Antonyms
- unthreatening
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