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
Unpropitious and dire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unpropitious" instead an adjective "Dire".
Unpropitious
Unpropitious adjective - Not propitious.
Dire and unpropitious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dire" instead an adjective "Unpropitious".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dismal and dire
- dismal and unpropitious
- woeful and dire
- woeful and unpropitious
- baleful and dire
- baleful and unpropitious
- sinister and dire
- sinister and unpropitious
- unfortunate and dire
- unfortunate and unpropitious
- inauspicious and dire
- inauspicious and unpropitious
- bad and dire
- bad and unpropitious
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Unpropitious and Dire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dire/unpropitious
Dire & Unpropitious. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dire/unpropitious>.
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