direful

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Direful hands,Together dashed, thundered the Avenger’s praise.At last the tide of that fierce tumult ebbedO’er shores of silence. 

From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey

"The Direful Fish"— Cock's passion, sir! not buy a cleanly ballad Of the great fish, late ta'en off Dover coast, Having two heads and teeth in double rows....

From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various

Others for a similar purpose taught: "Eight things there be a Comet brings, When it on high doth horrid range: Wind, Famine, Plague, and Death to Kings, War, Earthquakes, Floods, and Direful Change."

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Direful hate and eternal separation from the crown of Spain would, on the instant, be forcibly declared.

From Egmont by Swanwick, Anna

Direful rumours, too, in regard to the destruction of the Tonquin began to disquiet the Astorians.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison