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dire·ful
direful
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part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
awful; terrible.
The explosion in the mine was a direful catastrophe. |
definition 2: |
boding misfortune.
Vultures flying overhead seemed like direful signs to the lost and exhausted hikers. |
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derivations: |
direfully (adv.), direfulness (n.) |
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