Dire and Strange

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Dire adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.

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Strange and dire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strange" instead an adjective "Dire".

Strange adjective - Different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.

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Dire and strange are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dire" instead an adjective "Strange".

Nearby Words: strangeness, stranger, strangely

Distracted by My Own Sexy: Her new skin, new nose and new figure temporarily distract Sara completely from her strange and dire situation.

Source: Literature / Restoree
Strange Magic: No matter how dire the situation, if the scene contains Dawn and the Bog King, she will call him Boggy and he will angrily correct her.

Source: Running Gag / Animated Films
Deus ex Machina: After Rom gets the help of the various Earth governments, when SHIELD's psychics are starting to be killed by the Dire Wraith's magic cast to stop them, Doctor Strange appears out of the blue to cast a protective spell on them.

Source: Comic Book / ROM: Space Knight

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