Dire

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 167

dlr, a. Evil in a great degree dreadful hor- rible; terrible. [L. dims, Gr. deinox, terrible, Skr. di, to fly.] — Dire'ne . -Dire'ful. -ful, a. Same as Dike. — Dire'fully, adr.