(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:05:50

Dire"ful (?), a. [Dire + -ful.]

Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

-- Dire"ful*ly, adv. -- Dire"ful*ness, n.

 

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