dire

Meanings

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - G.C.Marshall
  • "a dire emergency"
• causing fear or dread or terror
  • "dire news"
  • "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"

Synonyms

awful, desperate, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible