Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 11 compound words that contain dire. The most common are listed below. Open dire in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- dire straitsA difficult position or situation.
- voir direThe preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
- dire wolfAn extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.
- Dire DawaA city in eastern Ethiopia.
- dire wolvesplural of dire wolf: An extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.
- dire straightsMisspelling of dire straits: A difficult position or situation.
- in dire straightsMisspelling of in dire straits
Compound words 11
- direfulFearful, terrible.
- diresomeCharacterised or marked by direness; dire
- directorOne who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
- directsthird-person singular simple present indicative of direct: Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- direwolfAlternative form of dire wolf: An extinct canine (†Aenocyon dirus) from the Pleistocene epoch, heavier and slightly larger than the modern grey wolf.
- diremptDistinct; separate; secrete; divided.
- avodireThe wood of the tree Turraeanthus africana.
- cryptodireAny member of the Cryptodira, the taxonomic suborder of Testudines that includes most living tortoises and turtles.
- direnessThe state or quality of being dire.
- direnessesplural of direness: The state or quality of being dire.