Answer: DIRE

AnswerCrossword Clue
DIRE... straits
DIREExtremely serious
DIRESeemingly hopeless
DIRECataclysmic
DIREDesperate, as straits
DIREDreadful, as consequences
DIREAwful
DIRELike some consequences
DIREMore than serious
DIREUrgently desperate
DIREThreatening
DIRELikely to end badly
DIREDesperately urgent
DIREExtremely urgent
DIREIn ... straits
DIREForeboding disaster
DIRE... Straits
DIREExtremely worrisome
DIREFraught with danger
DIRETerrible
diredreadful; ominous
DIREDisastrous
DIREMacabre
DIRESinister
DIREStraits or consequences preceder
DIREUrgent
DIREHarrowing
DIREKind of straits
DIRELike some straits
DIRESerious
DIREVery urgent
DIRECritical
DIREPressing
DIREOminous
DIREDreadful
DIRECalamitous
DIREDesperate
DIRECatastrophic
DIREModifier for straits
DIRENearly hopeless