Meaning & use
Direness
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The quality of being extremely serious, urgent, or dreadful.
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The direness of the situation became clear as the water kept rising.
Her tone conveyed the direness of the warning.
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Formed from the adjective 'dire' plus '-ness'; used to emphasize how serious or alarming a situation is.
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