Dire synonyms

Dire synonyms such as dreadful, acute, dismal, and doom and gloom. Dire is an adjective, and its antonyms are good, mild, and encouraging. Additionally, here are 57 synonyms, related words, and verbs for dire.

57 synonyms for dire

1. unspeakable

acute, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, chronic, crippling, critical, crucial, crying, desperate, devastating, direful, disastrous, distressing, drastic, dreadful, extreme, frightful, grave, grievous, grim, harrowing, hopeless, horrible, irretrievable, lousy, miserable, outrageous, parlous, pressing, ruinous, serious, shocking, sore, terrible, unspeakable, urgent, vital, woeful, and wretched.

2. sinister

dismal, doom and gloom, dreadful, gloomy, grim, inauspicious, ominous, pessimistic, portentous, sinister, unfavourable, and unpropitious.

Adjectives Related to 'Dire'

different, accurate, awesome, dangerous, brave, opposite, delicious, large, automotive, determined, simple, responsible, diverse, comfortable, creative, dark, available, comprehensive, disgusting, possible, aware, done, rude, same, done in, intense, suitable, deep, fake, and true.