Definition of Direst

1. Adjective. (superlative of dire) ¹

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Definition of Direst

1. dire [adj] - See also: dire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Direst

directrixes
directs
direful
direfully
direly
dirempt
dirempted
dirempting
diremption
diremptions
dirempts
direness
direnesses
direption
direr
direst (current term)
dirge
dirgeful
dirgelike
dirges
dirgy
dirham
dirhams
dirhem
dirhems
dirhenium
dirhodium
dirhombicosidodecahedron
dirhombicosidodecahedrons
diribonucleotide

Literary usage of Direst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... amongst the ships, On that dread day, when at the galleys' sterns In direst strait above Patroclus' corpse The hosts have met. ..."

2. The Old Bachelor by William Wirt, Dabney Carr, St. George Tucker (1814)
"that business with all the ardor and perseverance of tlie direst necessity—so shall we see our country as far excelling others in health, contentment and ..."

3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"... When the prophetic fear of things A more tormenting mischief brings, More full of soul-tormenting gall Than direst mischiefs can befall. ..."

4. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"... When the prophetic fear of things A more tormenting mischief brings, More full of soul-tormenting gall Than direst mischiefs can befall. ..."

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