dire

(s) fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- "a desperate illness
- on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall
- a dire emergency
desperate,
(s) causing fear or dread or terror
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, terrible, awful, fearful, horrific,

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