All direful synonyms
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D d adj direful
- apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
- appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- awful — If you say that someone or something is awful, you dislike that person or thing or you think that they are not very good.
- baleful — Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- baneful — destructive, poisonous, or fatal
- calamitous — If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- fateful — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- ghastly — shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- ill-boding — foreboding evil; inauspicious; unlucky: ill-boding stars.
- inauspicious — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- ominous — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- terrible — distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- terrific — extraordinarily great or intense: terrific speed.
- unlucky — (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
- unpropitious — presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
- horrid — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.