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Dire (8)

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

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(Other definitions for dreadful that I've seen before include "Terrible" , "Extremely bad or disagreeable" , "Informally very bad, perhaps the weather" , "Horrible, shocking" , "Appalling, awful" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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