dangerous
Adjective
- involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
- "a dangerous criminal"
- "a dangerous bridge"
- "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
Adjective Satellite
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- "a dangerous operation"
Adj
- Full of danger.
- Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
- In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Examples
- Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.
Displaced native Old English frēcne.
Synonyms
grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe, unsafe, dangerous, dangersome, hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, periculous, perilous, precarious, risky
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 11
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