Hypertext Webster Gateway: "direst"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dire \Dire\, a. [Compar. {Direr}; superl. {Direst}.] [L. dirus;
of uncertain origin.]
1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
2. Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible;
terrible; lamentable.
Dire was the tossing, deep the groans. --Milton.
Gorgons and hydras and chimeras dire. --Milton.
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