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Translate dire from English to Dutch

Summary

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dire:
- smartelijk; nijpend
Wiktionary:
- dire → gevaarlijk, vreselijk, sinister, verschrikkelijk, omineus, onheilspellend, nijpend, smartelijk
- dire → bovenmatig, extreem, uiterst, ultra-

English

Detailed Translations for dire from English to Dutch

dire:

dire adj

dire (grinding; piercing)
smartelijk; nijpend
- smartelijk adj
- nijpend adj

Translation Matrix for dire:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
nijpend	dire; grinding; piercing	burdensome; galling; heavy; irksome
smartelijk	dire; grinding; piercing	burdensome; full of sadness; galling; grievous; heavy; irksome; pained; painful; saddened
-	desperate

Related Words for "dire":

direness, direr, direst, direly

Synonyms for "dire":

desperate; critical
awful; direful; dread; dreaded; dreadful; fearful; fearsome; frightening; horrendous; horrific; terrible; alarming

Related Definitions for "dire":

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless¹
- a dire emergency¹

Wiktionary Translations for dire:

dire

adjective

evil in great degree
- dire → gevaarlijk; vreselijk; sinister; verschrikkelijk
ill-boding
- dire → omineus; onheilspellend

dire

adjective

ernstig
- nijpend → dire
lijden veroorzakend
- smartelijk → dire
bijzonder erg, schrikwekkend
- vreselijk → dire; terrible; abysmal; dreadful; gruesome; horrible

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• dire	→ bovenmatig; extreem; uiterst; ultra-	↔ extrême — Qui est tout à fait au bout, tout à fait le dernier.

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