Dictionary entry

Dire

Pronunciation: /ˈdʌɪə/

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌɪə/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ သေရေး ရှင်ရေးတမျှဖြစ်သော။ အသေအလဲဖြစ်သော။ အလွန့်အလွန်ဖြစ်သော။

Definition

dire /'daÇǝ(r)/ adj ၁။ ( fml ) ေၾကာက္မက္ဖြယ္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ ေသေရး ရွင္ေရးတမွ်ျဖစ္ေသာ။ 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 ) အေသအလဲျဖစ္ေသာ။ အလြန္႔အလြန္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ We're in dire need of your help.

Examples

  1. News reports portray the situation as dire.
  2. [in dire need] : Refugees are arriving in dire need of food and medical attention.
  3. [in dire straits] : The farming industry in this country is in extremely dire straits.
  4. [a dire warning/threat/prediction] : The newspapers have all issued dire warnings about the consequences of failure for the government.
  5. The hotel we stayed in was dire.