āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋ
extremely serious or urgent
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company faces dire financial difficulties and may soon go bankrupt.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ, āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻāĻ°
provoking intense fear or anxiety due to its severity or seriousness
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She faced a dire situation when she lost her passport in a foreign country.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The food at the restaurant was dire, and we could n't finish our meals.
āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ°, āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ
suggesting or warning of serious trouble, danger, or disaster
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The scientist 's dire forecast about rising sea levels alarmed the public.
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¨āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻā§ āĻāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
