Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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dire

/ˈdaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ adjective, proper noun

Forms direr direst Dires

  1. adjective Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. “dire omens”
  2. adjective Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing. “dire need (of)”
  3. adjective Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal. “dire consequences;  to be in dire straits”
  4. adjective (UK, slang) Bad in quality, awful, terrible. “His dire blunder allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.”
  5. adjective (fantasy, gaming) Ferocious and of intimidating appearance, like a dire wolf.
  6. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

foreboding inauspicious augurous baleful bodeful boding disastrous divine fatal ill-boding ill-fated ill-omened ill-starred inauspicate nefastous omenic ominous brooding portentous presageful desperate awful direful dread dreaded dreadful fearful fearsome frightening horrendous

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrus (“fearful, ominous”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
  2. adjective Evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

Etymology [L. dirus; of uncertain origin.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dire”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “dire” (best matches first).