direful
11direful — adjective archaic extremely bad. Derivatives direfully adverb …
12direful — a. Dreadful, fearful, horrible, terrible, shocking, horrid, terrific, awful, tremendous. See dire …
13direful — dire·ful …
14direful — /ˈdaɪəfʊl/ (say duyuhfool) adjective dreadful; awful; terrible. –direfully, adverb –direfulness, noun …
15direful — adj. literary terrible, dreadful . Derivatives: direfully adv. Etymology: DIRE + FUL …
16Direfully — Direful 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. [1913 Webster] …
17Direfulness — Direful 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. [1913 Webster] …
18direfully — adverb in a direful manner seeing himself trapped, he cried out direfully • Derived from adjective: ↑direful * * * adverb see direful * * * direˈfully adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑dire …
19Purgatory — Purgatory, in the original sense, is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven, an idea that has ancient roots and is well attested in early… …
20dire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. appalling, calamitous, fateful, dreadful, ominous; deplorable. See fear, adversity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dreadful, terrible, desperate; see frightful 1 , urgent 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
