Adjective

(en-adj)

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.

Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

(label) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=Arindam Rej, work=BBC Sport

, title= Norwich 4-2 Newcastle , passage=A second Norwich goal in four minutes arrived after some dire Newcastle defending. Gosling gave the ball away with a sloppy back-pass, allowing Crofts to curl in a cross that the unmarked Morison powered in with a firm, 12-yard header.}}

Adjective

(en adjective)

harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way (as for example deleterious'' effects, ''deleterious to health).

* 1850 , :

Or might it suffice him, that every wholesome growth should be converted into something deleterious and malignant at his touch?