Dire
Dire adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Both words in one sentence
- For these entries the emphasis is less on the poor construction of a sentence, and more on a particularly dire premise or poor handling of difficult subject matter.
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Its last fell words in the song, spoken at the very edge of hearing, are a dire curse on the miserable and benighted human race: poor fucking humans!
Source: Talking Weapon - Poor Communication Kills: If Harry just explained to Ebenezar or vice versa instead of keeping secrets and plan maybe Harry wouldn't have been pushed to such dire straits as to make a deal with Mab believing that no one was there to help him.
Source: Literature / Changes
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