Dire comes from the Latin and means fearful or threatening.
The term is actually dire straits. A strait is a narrow passage that a ship would travel passing from the sea to a harbor. Dire meant dangerous. The original dire strait would be a channel that would wreck your ship unless you followed exactly the right course. A person that is "in dire straits" would be in a situation where there could be a bad outcome unless they follow exactly the right course of action.
what was so dire ? The surgery was very dire .
To tell is 'dire' in French.
The company is in dire straits. The dire situation kept the lifeboat's occupants quiet.
The shed is in a dire need of repair.This is a dire warning to do as you are told!The coal industry is in dire straits these days.The hotel we stayed in was dire and in a very dire need of redecoration!
Dire straits
Dire Straits
Dire wolf was created in 1858.
Dire Tune was born in 1985.
The population of Dire Dawa is 607,321.
English 'dire' = nefasto, funesto, desesperado, alarmante,extremo Spanish 'dire' (with accent on the 'e') = I will say.
Dire is an anagram of ride.