English-Latvian translations for dire

• šausmīgs
  rakstiski. - Eiropas Padomei ir jāpievērš uzmanība Birmai, kur stāvoklis joprojām ir šausmīgs. in writing. - The European Council must turn its attention to Burma, where the situation on the ground remains dire.
  Pagājušā gadsimta septiņdesmitie gadi bija šausmīgs periods visai Eiropai kopumā, bet jo īpaši Apvienotajai Karalistei - stagnācijas, bezdarba, nacionālo bankrotu laiks. The 1970s was a dire period for Europe as a whole and for the United Kingdom in particular: a time of stagflation, of unemployment, of national bankruptcy.

Definition of dire

• Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous
• Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing
• Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
• Bad in quality, awful, terrible

Examples

• dire omens
• dire need
• dire consequences; to be in dire straits
• His dire mistake allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.

Related words

• directions
• director
• direction
• directly
• direct
• directory
• directionless
• directional
• directive