dire vs dreadful

dire and dreadful both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dire	No	Yes	No	No
dreadful	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, dire and dreadful are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of dire include awful, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible.

dire (adjective)	dreadful (adjective)
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless	causing fear or dread or terror
causing fear or dread or terror	exceptionally bad or displeasing
	extremely disagreeable and unpleasant