Dire

"Dire" in German

böse

(warning of bad consequences)

düster

(warning of bad consequences)

entsetzlich

(expressing bad consequences)

fatal

(warning of bad consequences)

furchtbar

(expressing bad consequences)

furchtbar

(bad in quality)

fürchterlich

(bad in quality)

fürchterlich dringend

(requiring action to prevent bad consequences)

händeringend

(requiring action to prevent bad consequences)

schlimm

(bad in quality)

schrecklich

(expressing bad consequences)

unheilversprechend

(warning of bad consequences)

verzweifelt

(requiring action to prevent bad consequences)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.