dire
/ˈdʌɪə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdʌɪə/
dire
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> dire
Myanmar meaning
(adj) ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ သေရေး ရှင်ရေးတမျှဖြစ်သော။ အသေအလဲဖြစ်သော။ အလွန့်အလွန်ဖြစ်သော။
Full entry
၁။ (fml ) ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ သေရေး ရှင်ရေးတမျှဖြစ်သော။
a dire situation dire warnings of impending disaster ❍ The firm is in dire straits (ie in a very difficult situation) and may go bankrupt. ❍ Such action may have dire consequences.
၂။ (infml ) အသေအလဲဖြစ်သော။ အလွန့်အလွန်ဖြစ်သော။
We're in dire need of your help.
More examples
- News reports portray the situation as dire.
- [in dire need] : Refugees are arriving in dire need of food and medical attention.
- [in dire straits] : The farming industry in this country is in extremely dire straits.
- [a dire warning/threat/prediction] : The newspapers have all issued dire warnings about the consequences of failure for the government.
- The hotel we stayed in was dire.
Synonyms
terrible, awful, calamitous, ominous, dreadful, horrible, dismal, grim, disastrous, frightful, appalling, acute, afflictive, alarming, black, burning, cataclysmic, catastrophic, clamant, clamorous, climacteric, critical, cruel, crying, deplorable, depressing, desperate, distressing, drastic, exigent, extreme, fearful, fierce, gloomy, grievous, heartbreaking, horrid, immoderate, imperative, importunate, instant, lamentable, oppressing, portentous, pressing, redoubtable, regrettable, ruinous, scowling, shocking, terrific, ugly, unfortunate, urgent; crucial, woeful
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