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dire

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dire/ˈdʌɪə(r)/

▶adjective

1 extremely serious or urgent.

2 Brit. informal of a very poor quality.

– derivatives
direly adverb,
direness noun.

– origin C16: from L. dirus ‘fearful, threatening’.

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In dire need
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