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Definition of Direst
1. dire [adj] - See also: dire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Direst
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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