Word-dire
Source- Nytimes.com
How it was used- Friday in New York began with a now-familiar feeling: dire expectations of what the opening bell would bring after stocks in Asia and Europe plummeted by as much as 10 percent.
Definition- adj. urgent, desperate. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous.Causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible. Indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune.
My sentence- We are in dire need of a new president to help our economy.
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