2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible;
terrible; lamentable.
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Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton.
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Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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