direful

Adjective Satellite

• causing fear or dread or terror
  • "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"

Adj

• Fearful, terrible.

Adjective

• Dreadful, terrible, or indicative of disaster.

Examples

• The DIREFUL silence in the room indicated a serious Scrabble blunder had occurred.

Synonyms

awful, dire, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible

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