1. comparative form of dire; more extremely serious, urgent, or terrible

Examples

• The situation became even direr when the storm intensified.
• His financial problems grew direr each month.
• The consequences of ignoring climate change will be direr than we imagine.
• The refugee crisis has reached direr proportions this year.
• Her health took a turn for the worse, making her condition direr.
• The company faced direr circumstances after losing its biggest client.