词汇 | direful |
释义 | direful adjective literaryuk /ˈdaɪə.fəl/ us /ˈdaɪr.fəl/ very bad or unpleasant: 坏透的,可恶的;烦人的 The direful conflict would soon culminate in civil war. She was overcome by a direful terror that her torment would never end. He was cursing again, for he had stumbled against the sharp leaves of a cactus with direful results. As the direful moment approached, they waited with breathless anxiety. The victors, to complete their direful work, brought back and killed the unfortunate victim. The author cites an instance of the direful effects of the plant. Serious and unpleasant abominable abominably abysmal abysmally apocalyptic frightful from hellidiom fun ghastliness Gothically noxiously objectionable objectionably odious odiously unpleasantness unpretty unspeakable unspeakably unsupportable Synonymsawful terrible Related worddirefully |
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