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terrible, désastreux

Extrêmement mauvais, grave ou effrayant.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : terrible, dreadful, disastrous

Expressions courantes : dire consequences, dire straits, dire situation

urgent, pressant

Qui exige une aide ou une intervention immédiate parce que la situation est très grave.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : in dire need of something (The village is in dire need of clean water.)

Synonymes : urgent, pressing, desperate

Expressions courantes : dire need, dire necessity, dire need of

nul, très mauvais

De très mauvaise qualité ou très mal réalisé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : awful, terrible, bad

Contraires : excellent

Expressions courantes : dire performance, dire acting, dire service

funeste, de mauvais augure

Qui laisse prévoir que quelque chose de très mauvais va arriver.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : ominous, foreboding

Contraires : promising

Expressions courantes : dire omens, dire warnings, dire prophecy