Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIRE'FUL
DIRE'FUL, a. [See Dire.]
Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; as, direful fiend; a direful misfortune. – Spenser. Dryden. Pope.
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DIRE'FUL, a. [See Dire.]
Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; as, direful fiend; a direful misfortune. – Spenser. Dryden. Pope.
Return to page 109 of the letter “D”.