Dire and Scary

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Dire

Dire adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a series of dire tremors that hinted at a huge volcanic eruption
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Scary is a synonym for dire in fear topic. In some cases you can use "Scary" instead an adjective "Dire", when it comes to topics like terrible, horrid, spooky.

Scary

Scary adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a scary movie that gave the child nightmares for weeks afterwards
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Dire is a synonym for scary in fear topic. Sometimes you can use "Dire" instead an adjective "Scary", if it concerns topics such as terrible, horrid, spooky.
Nearby Words: scare, scar, scared, scaring

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  • While most of the Dire heroes of Dota 2 are scary and evil, there are a few who fail on the "evil" part.
    Source: Dark Is Not Evil / Video Games
  • He does occasionally put on his old scary voice just to scare his staff into paying attention, and is even more likely to treat the most dire of circumstances (Asura's resurrection, Kid's abduction) casually, even jokingly.
    Source: OOC Is Serious Business / Anime and Manga
  • Nightmare Face Dota 2 has quite a lot of examples with the Dire heroes being the biggest offenders... Let's see, here's Bane◊ and Faceless Void◊ guilty of the Eyeless Face trope, but Lifestealer◊ and Doom Bringer◊ are not pleasant sights either, and while we're at it, Undying◊ is pretty scary as well.
    Source: Nightmare Face
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