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direness

direness noun: the state or quality of being dire.

Noun

direness (usually uncountable, plural direnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being dire.

direness meaning in Tamil

direness in Tamil

கொட்டுவாய்

Forms of direness

pluraldirenesses

Origin of direness

From dire + -ness.

Questions about direness

What does direness mean?
Direness means the state or quality of being dire.
What is direness in Tamil?
Direness in Tamil is கொட்டுவாய். See Direness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is direness?
Direness is a noun.
What is the plural of direness?
The plural of direness is direnesses.

Words near direness in the dictionary

  1. dirempted
  2. dirempting
  3. diremption
  4. diremptions
  5. dirempts
  6. direness
  7. direnesses
  8. direption
  9. direptions
  10. direr
  11. Dires

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Adapted from Wiktionary: direness (page history and authors); direness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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