Synonyms of direful

2 Syllables
horrid, creepier, doomful, dreadful, ghastly, awful, shocking, creepy, grabber, gloomy
3 Syllables
baleful, terrible, terrific, ominous, nightmarish, traumatic, appalling, fateful, ill-boding, hellfire, baneful, unlucky
4 Syllables
malificent, inauspicious, calamitous, precursive, unpropitious
5 Syllables
apocalyptic, fire-and-brimstone, premonitory