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direful

adj

Etymology

From dire + -ful.

  1. borrowed from dīrus — “fearful, ominous”
  2. suffixed as direful — “dire + ful”

Definitions

  1. Fearful, terrible.

    • I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]
    • read what destiny / Or other dyrefull hap from heaven or hell / Hath wrought this wicked deed […].
    • "As whence the sun gins his reflection, shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA