direとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈdaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -aɪə(ɹ)

形容詞

dire (comparative direr or more dire, superlative direst or most dire)

1. Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

   Synonyms: foreboding, inauspicious; see also Thesaurus:ominous

   dire omens

2. Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.

   Synonyms: acute, exigent; see also Thesaurus:urgent

   dire need (of)

   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. […] But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

3. Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.

   Synonyms: bleak, gloomy; see also Thesaurus:cheerless

   dire consequences;  to be in dire straits

   • 2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian‎:

     Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity.

4. (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

   Synonyms: foul, lousy; see also Thesaurus:bad

   His dire blunder allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.

   • 2011 December 10, Arindam Rej, “Norwich 4-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

     A second Norwich goal in four minutes arrived after some dire Newcastle defending. Gosling gave the ball away with a sloppy back-pass, allowing Crofts to curl in a cross that the unmarked Morison powered in with a firm, 12-yard header.

5. (fantasy, gaming) Ferocious and of intimidating appearance, like a dire wolf.

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dire.

派生語

参考

• voir dire

アナグラム

• Deri, Dier, IDer, Reid, dier, drie, ired, ride

形容詞

dīre

1. vocative masculine singular of dīrus

参照

• “dire”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers