direly
adjectiveHow many syllables in direly?
There are 2 syllables in the word direly.How to pronounce direly:
Definition of direly:
- direly (adjective):
- exciting horror
Synonyms for direly:
baleful
black
bleak
dark
darkening
depressing
depressive
desolate
direful
foreboding
gray
grey
ill
ill-boding
inauspicious
lonely
menacing
minatory
murky
ominous
portentous
sinister
somber
threatening
unfavorable
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Antonyms for direly:
beautifully
blessedly
fortunately
goodly
happily
hopefully
joyfully
lightly
luckily
nicely
pleasantly
pleasingly
sunnily
trivially
unimportantly
wonderfully
Other 2-syllable words like direly
Here are some other common words that have 2 syllables, like direly does.
- shying
- wriggled
- collin
- toffee
- embay
- frailty
- poser
- anoint
- beignet
- Chetwyn
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- dimly
- hover
- queried
- recount
- savoured
- warmly
- kingdom
- regain
- Aisha
- cutter
- kiosk
- mucky
- excyst
- bated
- cleaning
- convene
- eying
- limply
- mumble
- quarrelled
- thorough
- unscared
- weeping
- allayed
- chipmunk
- devoid
- satchel
- unpleased
- agape
- dionne
- graces
- invade
- Murron
- thirsty
- unkind
- unseal
- Beatrice
- dweller
- Maui
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