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direful
adjective
literaryuk /ˈdaɪə.fəl/ us /ˈdaɪr.fəl/
very bad or unpleasant: 坏透的，可恶的；烦人的
The direful conflict would soon culminate in civil war.
She was overcome by a direful terror that her torment would never end.
He was cursing again, for he had stumbled against the sharp leaves of a cactus with direful results.
As the direful moment approached, they waited with breathless anxiety.
The victors, to complete their direful work, brought back and killed the unfortunate victim.
The author cites an instance of the direful effects of the plant.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
Gothically
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable
Synonyms
awful terrible Related worddirefully
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