dreadful, alarming, cruel, terrible, disastrous, fearful, frightful, horrible, heartbreaking, shocking, terrific
dire
Another word meaning drastic is dire or severe
Menacing, foreboding, sinister, portentous, impending, apocalyptic, threatening, dire...
Horrifying, dire, alarming, harrowing, shocking, unnerving, terrifying, formidable, frightening...
Dire, evil, malevolent, mischievous, ominous, perverse, threatening, nasty, or menacing. Those words mean sinister.
alarming, awe-inspiring, awful, creepy*, dire, frightening, frightful, shuddersome, terrible
Well, honey, the synonym you're looking for is "dire." It may not sound like a ray of sunshine, but it fits the bill with four letters and ending in "ire." So, there you have it, no need to sugarcoat it!
bad, awful, dreadful, rotten, terrible, poor, dire, abysmal, sad, gloomy, depressing, dark, bleak, dreary, sombre
bad, awful, dreadful, rotten, terrible, poor, dire, abysmal, sad, gloomy, depressing, dark, bleak, dreary, sombre
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.