dire

terribile, disastroso

Estremamente brutto, grave o spaventoso.

In inglese semplice: Extremely bad, serious, or frightening.

• The situation is dire.
• Missing the payment could have dire consequences.
• After losing their jobs, they found themselves in dire straits.

Sinonimi: terrible, dreadful, disastrous

Espressioni comuni: dire consequences, dire straits, dire situation

urgente, impellente

Che richiede aiuto o un intervento immediato perché la situazione è molto grave.

In inglese semplice: Needing help or action immediately because the situation is very serious.

• The family is in dire need.
• These children are in dire need of food.
• We sent blankets to people in dire need of warmth.

Come si usa: in dire need of something (The village is in dire need of clean water.)

Sinonimi: urgent, pressing, desperate

Espressioni comuni: dire need, dire necessity, dire need of

pessimo, orribile

Di qualità molto bassa o realizzato molto male.

In inglese semplice: Very poor in quality or very badly done.

• The acting was dire.
• We left early because the music was dire.
• That restaurant serves truly dire food.

Sinonimi: awful, terrible, bad

Contrari: excellent

Espressioni comuni: dire performance, dire acting, dire service

funesto, infausto

Che fa pensare che stia per accadere qualcosa di molto brutto.

In inglese semplice: Suggesting that something very bad will happen.

• They saw dire omens in the sky.
• The old woman gave a dire warning.
• His dire prophecy frightened everyone in the village.

Sinonimi: ominous, foreboding

Contrari: promising

Espressioni comuni: dire omens, dire warnings, dire prophecy