Dire
Unspeakable
Synonyms: Terrible, appalling, awful, atrocious, unspeakable, harrowing, shocking, grave, grievous, ruinous, catastrophic, devastating, miserable, woeful, irretrievable, chronic, parlous, desperate, crying, extreme, drastic, crucial, dreadful, frightful, horrible, grim, distressing, alarming, outrageous, serious, disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, crippling, wretched, hopeless, lousy, direful, urgent, pressing, sore, acute, critical, and vital.
Sinister
Synonyms: Ominous, gloomy, sinister, dreadful, unpropitious, unfavourable, portentous, doom and gloom, grim, dismal, inauspicious, and pessimistic.
Example Sentences
The refugees were in dire need of food.
He made a dire mistake in judgment.
The situation is becoming dire.
They issued a dire warning about the storm.
The economy is in dire condition.
She was in dire pain after the accident.
The country faces a dire water shortage.
We are in dire need of assistance.
His health took a dire turn.
The consequences could be dire.