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direful

/dahyuhr-fuhl/US // ˈdaɪər fəl //

可怕的,可怕的是,可怕

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : dreadful; awful; terrible.
    • : indicating trouble: direful forecasts.

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Examples

  • Riding forward, Moffat and Waterboer found a young woman belonging to the Mantatees, whose whole appearance denoted direful want.

  • Ever since leaving England Charles and his followers had suffered from the most direful impecuniosity.

  • The Pope smiled when he saw his mighty frame and sinews of iron—a direful foe of the infidels!

  • Save for a mouthful of bread while he buckled on his armor, he had tasted none that direful day.

  • And as I reeled over the smoke, I saw you in direful peril, clutched by wanton hands, facing a fate worse than death!