Dire
Dire adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Predictive and dire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predictive" instead an adjective "Dire".
Predictive
Predictive adjective - Being a sign of a later course of events.
Usage example: unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 turned out to be a predictive event, for the next decade was consumed by the Great Depression
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Synonyms for Predictive
Dire and predictive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dire" instead an adjective "Predictive".
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