Thesaurus / direful
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Riding forward, Moffat and Waterboer found a young woman belonging to the Mantatees, whose whole appearance denoted direful want.
ROBERT MOFFATDAVID J. DEANEEver since leaving England Charles and his followers had suffered from the most direful impecuniosity.
BELGIUMGEORGE W. T. (GEORGE WILLIAM THOMSON) OMONDThe Pope smiled when he saw his mighty frame and sinews of iron—a direful foe of the infidels!
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISSave for a mouthful of bread while he buckled on his armor, he had tasted none that direful day.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISAnd as I reeled over the smoke, I saw you in direful peril, clutched by wanton hands, facing a fate worse than death!
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISHe sees direful figures in his dreams, his laugh is bitter, his anger rancorous.
THE HISTORY OF MODERN PAINTING, VOLUME 1 (OF 4)RICHARD MUTHERMy service, villain, with a fatal curse, That direful plagues and mischief fall on thee.
WITCH, WARLOCK, AND MAGICIANWILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMSHis hostility to Abélard was direful, since he looked upon him as undermining Christianity and extinguishing faith in the world.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME VJOHN LORDNo warning voice was heard from her public bodies arousing her members to opposition to this direful deed.
THE WAY TO ABOLISH SLAVERYCHARLES STEARNSThe simple historical record shows that in what Bacon calls the 'insanity of states,' her influence has generally been direful.
THE EDUCATION OF AMERICAN GIRLSANNA CALLENDER BRACKETTWORDS RELATED TO DIREFUL
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