Dire
Dire adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Usage example: a dire forecast of a plunge in stock prices
Disheartening and dire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective "Dire".
Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Dire and disheartening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dire" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dismal and dire
- dismal and disheartening
- woeful and dire
- woeful and disheartening
- grievous and dire
- grievous and disheartening
- unfortunate and dire
- unfortunate and disheartening
- sad and dire
- sad and disheartening
- wretched and dire
- wretched and disheartening
- deplorable and dire
- deplorable and disheartening
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