direful

Letters that make direful

d, e, f, l, r, i, u are letters that make 'direful'

Words within direful

re, Ful, IR, ref, ireful, dire, ire, Re, Ir are words within 'direful'


1 possible definitions for 'direful'

Direful as "causing fear or dread or terror"

Under this definition, direful is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

fearful, awful, dire, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible have the same meaning as 'direful'

Derivatives of direful

awfulness, dreadfulness, horridness, terribleness, apprehensiveness, apprehension, dread are derivatives of 'direful'.

Similar to direful

alarming is similar to direful.

Example of direful used within this context

"the awful war", "an awful risk", "dire news", "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked", "the dread presence of the headmaster", "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was", "a dreadful storm", "a fearful howling", "horrendous explosions shook the city", "a terrible curse"



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