Meanings (ES + gloss)
alarmante • de mal agüero • portentoso
Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
dire omens
urgente
Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that ma…
dire need (of)
funesto • maligno • nefasto
Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.
Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fres…
dire consequences; to be in dire straits
pésimo • terrible
Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
A second Norwich goal in four minutes arrived after some dire Newcastle defending. Gosling gave the ball away with a sloppy back-pass, allowing Crofts to curl in a cross that the u…
His dire blunder allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.