Antonyms for direful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dahyuh r-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪər fəl


Definition of direful

  • adj fearful; horrible
Example sentences :
  • To and fro, to and fro, the dying man continued his direful walk.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • As if all these direful outrages were not the natural results of slavery!
  • Extract from : « The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass » by Frederick Douglass
  • That direful mishap was at the bottom of his temporary recluseness.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • She felt instinctively that the name was one of direful omen to herself.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • I left him, with a strong foreboding that he would work me some direful mischief.
  • Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
  • Wafted on the wind followed that direful "Whoop-ah-ho-o-oh!"
  • Extract from : « The Conquest » by Eva Emery Dye
  • Added to his other disappointments, a direful change had taken place at camp.
  • Extract from : « The Search » by Grace Livingston Hill
  • In their direful extremity they would fain "flee from the presence of God."
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of God As Fire » by D. Mortimore
  • And what of the patient for whom the direful prognosis was intended?
  • Extract from : « Mind and Body » by William Walker Atkinson
  • Bodies of the slain lay heaped about the ditch, sad and direful proofs of the fearful struggle on that well-remembered night.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Captain John Patterson with Notices of The Officers &c. of the 50th or Queen's Own Regiment from 1807 to 1821 » by John Patterson

Synonyms for direful

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