different between dareful vs direful

dareful

English

Etymology

dare +? -ful

Adjective

dareful (comparative more dareful, superlative most dareful)

  1. Full of daring or defiance; adventurous.

Anagrams

  • Falu red

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direful

English

Etymology

From dire +? -ful.

Adjective

direful (comparative more direful, superlative most direful)

  1. Fearful, terrible.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.11:
      read what destiny / Or other dyrefull hap from heaven or hell / Hath wrought this wicked deed […].
    • 1603-06, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I.2:
      "As whence the sun gins his reflection, shipwrecking storms and direful thunders break."

Synonyms

  • dire

Derived terms

  • direfully
  • direfulness

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