Due to the lack of water and diminishing chances for being rescued, the crew increasingly became aware that the survivors of the marooned boat were in a dire situation.
An example of using the word dire in a sentence is "The dire wolf attacked me in the forest as I was walking to my grandmother's house." In this instance dire refers to the wolf being very large.
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philosophy (243):
I don't think this is a correct usage... the word "dire" is typically used to refer to a terrible situation, potentially without possible resolution. add a comment
