direful 

  1. 形容詞
可怕的, 悲慘的
不祥的

    同義字詞
baleful,dire,foreboding,ill,ill-boding,inauspicious,menacing,minatory,ominous,portentous,sinister,threatening
alarming,dire,dread,dreadful,fearful,fearsome,forbidding,formidable,frightening,frightful,ghastly,hair-raising,horrendous,horrible,horrifying,intimidating,redoubtable,scary,shocking,terrible,terrifying

例句

  1. The direful consequences to
  2. What direful illusion led thee hither?
  3. The first couple of years will be direful , of course.
  4. This direful tragedy, in whose third dreary act we are, hangs all upon a great thought.
  5. Also, that Circe made use of " direful drags." Such preparations were common in the East.