Adjective:

ग़ैरमामूली, दिल दहलानेवाला, डरावना, अत्यंत, भयानक,

dire's Usage Examples:

The Delians, suffering a dire pestilence, consulted their oracles, and were ordered to double the volume of the altar to their tutelary god, Apollo.

The gods, to be sure, are easily aroused to anger, and in some of them the dire aspects predominated, but the view becomes more and more pronounced that there is some cause always for the divine wrath.

This killer of Miss Washington is your most dire threat to date.

Martha didn't ask for details, nor did the Deans offer any beyond dire cautionary warnings of childhood dangers.

Galerius, who succeeded Diocletian in the government of the ~ast, implacably pursued his policy, and this great persecution lid not end until the persecutor, perishing, it is said, of the dire isalady of Herod and Philip II.

It shows me you have some inkling of the importance of this gift you possess and the dire consequences of it falling into the wrong hands.

It is of dire importance.

He shook himself mentally to refocus on the dire circumstances before him but was unable to force the thought of Kiera from his mind.

I've heard of wolves morphing in dire situations, but always thought they were just stories.

His childhood was passed in dire poverty.

Synonyms:

dreadful, horrendous, horrific, dread, frightening, fearsome, fearful, direful, alarming, dreaded, awful, terrible,

Antonyms:

pleasant, nice, noncritical,