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Dire (5)

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'dire' is the definition.
(I know that dire can be written as awful)

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(Other definitions for awful that I've seen before include "Horrific" , "gruesome!" , "Dreadful - spine-chilling" , "Extremely bad or unpleasant" , "Dreadful and dire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, the LA Times and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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