direfuladj.

/ˈdʌɪəfʊl/

Etymology: < dire adj. (or dire n.) + -ful suffix.

Fraught with dire effects; dreadful, terrible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective]

eislichc888

eyesfulOE

awfulc1175

smarta1200

ferlya1225

sternc1275

grisea1300

uglya1300

dreadfula1325

fell?c1335

stout1338

perilousc1380

terriblec1400

ghastfulc1449

timorous1455

epouventable1477

bedreadc1485

dreadablec1490

dreadc1540

buggisha1555

dreaded1556

monster-like1561

dire1567

scareful1567

terrifying1577

scary1582

direful1583

affrighting1592

dismal1594

affrightful1603

diral1606

tirable1607

frighting1619

scaring1641

affrighteninga1651

formidolous1656

terrific1667

terrifical1677

atrocious1733

terrorful1789

orful1845

lurid1850

terrorsome1890

turble1893

timorsome1894

like the wrath of God1936

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fiv Except these Women weare minded to..folowe their direfull wayes in this cursed kind of..Pride.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L6^v Whenas the direfull feend She saw not stirre..She nigher drew.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 39 Tis some mischance, the cry is very direfull .

1637 J. Milton Comus 13 The direfull graspe Of Savage hunger, or of Savage heat?

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 1 The Wrath of Peleus' Son, the direful Spring Of all the Grecian Woes.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlii. 561 Their sincerity was attested by direful imprecations.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 477 The direful effects of using lead in the manufacture of pottery.

1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. xi. 512 Prodigies of direful import.

Derivatives

ˈdirefully adv. dreadfully, terribly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb]

dreadlyc1175

eislichec1175

grimlyc1175

ungainlya1200

awly?c1225

grurefulliche?c1225

fiendlyc1275

dreadfullya1400

felly?c1400

awfully1487

terrible1490

terriblya1500

fearingly1556

direly1610

dismally1653

dreadful1682

formidably1685

terrifyingly1767

direfully1775

terrifically1778

terrificly1791

appallingly1825

turble1893

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Direfully (..not much used).

1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations iv. 66 These convictions..men were too direfully earnest in carrying..out.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 560 He passed the night direfully sick in his carriage.

ˈdirefulness n. dreadfulness, terribleness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun]

dreadnessa1175

ferdfulness1398

dreadfulnessc1440

terribility?1473

terrora1500

terriblenessa1533

diritya1600

direness1605

direfulnessa1656

dire1660

terrificness1727

tremendousness1727

fearsomeness1891

terribilità1923

terrifyingness1930

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 244 Curtius..describes..the direfullnesse of the tempest.

1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. ix. 173 The direfulness of this pestilence is..emphatically set forth in these few words.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	direful
释义	direfuladj. /ˈdʌɪəfʊl/ Etymology: < dire adj. (or dire n.) + -ful suffix. Fraught with dire effects; dreadful, terrible. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective] eislichc888 eyesfulOE awfulc1175 smarta1200 ferlya1225 sternc1275 grisea1300 uglya1300 dreadfula1325 fell?c1335 stout1338 perilousc1380 terriblec1400 ghastfulc1449 timorous1455 epouventable1477 bedreadc1485 dreadablec1490 dreadc1540 buggisha1555 dreaded1556 monster-like1561 dire1567 scareful1567 terrifying1577 scary1582 direful1583 affrighting1592 dismal1594 affrightful1603 diral1606 tirable1607 frighting1619 scaring1641 affrighteninga1651 formidolous1656 terrific1667 terrifical1677 atrocious1733 terrorful1789 orful1845 lurid1850 terrorsome1890 turble1893 timorsome1894 like the wrath of God1936 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Fiv Except these Women weare minded to..folowe their direfull wayes in this cursed kind of..Pride. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L6^v Whenas the direfull feend She saw not stirre..She nigher drew. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 39 Tis some mischance, the cry is very direfull . View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 13 The direfull graspe Of Savage hunger, or of Savage heat? 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 1 The Wrath of Peleus' Son, the direful Spring Of all the Grecian Woes. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xlii. 561 Their sincerity was attested by direful imprecations. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 477 The direful effects of using lead in the manufacture of pottery. 1852 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (ed. 2) I. xi. 512 Prodigies of direful import. Derivatives ˈdirefully adv. dreadfully, terribly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb] dreadlyc1175 eislichec1175 grimlyc1175 ungainlya1200 awly?c1225 grurefulliche?c1225 fiendlyc1275 dreadfullya1400 felly?c1400 awfully1487 terrible1490 terriblya1500 fearingly1556 direly1610 dismally1653 dreadful1682 formidably1685 terrifyingly1767 direfully1775 terrifically1778 terrificly1791 appallingly1825 turble1893 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Direfully (..not much used). 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations iv. 66 These convictions..men were too direfully earnest in carrying..out. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 560 He passed the night direfully sick in his carriage. ˈdirefulness n. dreadfulness, terribleness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [noun] dreadnessa1175 ferdfulness1398 dreadfulnessc1440 terribility?1473 terrora1500 terriblenessa1533 diritya1600 direness1605 direfulnessa1656 dire1660 terrificness1727 tremendousness1727 fearsomeness1891 terribilità1923 terrifyingness1930 a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 244 Curtius..describes..the direfullnesse of the tempest. 1782 J. Warton Ess. on Pope (new ed.) II. ix. 173 The direfulness of this pestilence is..emphatically set forth in these few words. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1583
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