Situation or consequences; perhaps there are others.
what was so dire ? The surgery was very dire .
Dire is an anagram of ride.
The adverb form of "dire" is "direly."
The company is in dire straits. The dire situation kept the lifeboat's occupants quiet.
"Messing with the rottweiler led to dire consequences"
The only meaning for "dire" that I know of is the traditional dictionary one.
Que veut dire le mot = what does the word mean
"The Fortune-Teller's dire predictions caused Jenane to fear for her safety."
The family didn't notice the dire need of their grandmother's finances.
Dire Maul is a zone in the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. Seeing this would require purchase of the software, a monthly subscription and a lot of patience for children using racial slurs in chat.
Dire ,
On peut dire, "jolie."