"direness" in German direness Entsetzlichkeit Detailed translations for "direness" direness direness die Entsetzlichkeit{feminine} Miles, no, uh, uh, I don't think I'm getting across the direness of the circumstance. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Miles, nein, ich glaube, ich bringe die Entsetzlichkeit der Sachlage nicht richtig rüber.