单词	direful
释义	direful adjective dire·​ful ˈdī(-ə)r-fəl  1 : dreadful direful war began again Charles Dickens 2 : ominous direfully ˈdī(-ə)r-fə-lē  adverb Synonyms baleful dire doomy foreboding ill ill-boding inauspicious menacing minatory ominous portentous sinister threatening See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the stock market crash was the first direful indication of the dark days to come heard the direful howling of the wolves during the night Word History First Known Use 1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1 direful adjective 1 as in ominous being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come the stock market crash was the first direful indication of the dark days to come Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ominous sinister menacing portentous dire inauspicious bleak darkening threatening minatory baleful somber ill unfortunate dark foreboding depressive ill-boding lonely murky desolate doomy unfavorable unpropitious morbid depressing black cheerless gray cold gloomy lonesome lugubrious dim dismal drear dreary sepulchral troubled sullen comfortless unpromising saturnine miserable glum morose forlorn wretched godforsaken disconsolate discouraging hopeless tenebrous grey malignant evil funereal elegiac sombre plutonian chill unlucky dreich sunless disheartening elegiacal cloudy ill-starred ill-fated malign tenebrific Cimmerian star-crossed Antonyms & Near Antonyms favorable propitious promising auspicious prosperous benign bright hopeful golden encouraging unthreatening heartening See More 2 as in terrifying causing fear heard the direful howling of the wolves during the night Synonyms & Similar Words terrifying formidable horrible frightening terrible scary dread intimidating dreadful frightful fearful alarming horrifying ghastly dire shocking startling fearsome eerie horrendous gruesome eery trying forbidding redoubtable creepy troubling spine-chilling hair-raising threatening disturbing hideous daunting discouraging unnerving grisly disquieting perturbing nightmarish dismaying weird horrid demoralizing disconcerting awful distressing appalling monstrous macabre atrocious bone-chilling grewsome Antonyms & Near Antonyms soothing calming reassuring comforting tranquilizing relaxing quieting tranquillizing consoling inviting lulling nonthreatening pacifying nonintimidating See More
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