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are dire
adjective
Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
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Roads are dire.
Humanitarian needs are dire.
Those symptoms are dire.
"They are dire conditions".
The consequences are dire.
Lord, England are dire.
The statistics are dire.
These statistics are dire.
Otherwise, prospects are dire.
The findings are dire.
Conditions are dire.
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