dire

grave, terrible

Extremadamente malo, grave o aterrador.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: terrible, dreadful, disastrous

Expresiones frecuentes: dire consequences, dire straits, dire situation

urgente, apremiante

Que exige ayuda o medidas inmediatas porque la situación es muy grave.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: in dire need of something (The village is in dire need of clean water.)

Sinónimos: urgent, pressing, desperate

Expresiones frecuentes: dire need, dire necessity, dire need of

pésimo, horrible

De calidad muy baja o hecho muy mal.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: awful, terrible, bad

Antónimos: excellent

Expresiones frecuentes: dire performance, dire acting, dire service

funesto, ominoso

Que hace pensar que va a ocurrir algo muy malo.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: ominous, foreboding

Antónimos: promising

Expresiones frecuentes: dire omens, dire warnings, dire prophecy