Answer: direst

AnswerCrossword Clue
DIREST

Most dreadful.

DIREST

Most fraught with danger

DIREST

Most formidable

DIREST
No. 1 in despair
DIREST
Terrible to the max
DIRESTLike the worst predictions
DIRESTWorst
DIRESTMost ominous
DIRESTMost dismal
DIRESTMost terrible
DIRESTMost serious
DIRESTMost calamitous.
DIRESTMost appalling.
DIRESTMost desperate
DIRESTWorst.
DIRESTMost foreboding.
DIRESTMost drastic.
DIRESTMost dreadful
DIRESTMost extreme
DIRESTMost fearsome
DIRESTMost hopeless
DIRESTDreadful to the max
DIRESTWorst, needwise
DIRESTMost urgent
DIRESTMost calamitous