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Dangerous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dangerous? [adj] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia" [adj] involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dangerous: breakneck \| chanceful \| chancy \| critical \| desperate \| dicey \| dodgy \| grave \| grievous \| harmful \| hazardous \| insidious \| kamikaxe(a) \| on the hook(p) \| parlous \| perilous \| precarious \| risky \| self-destructive \| serious \| severe \| suicidal \| touch-and-go \| treacherous \| unreliable \| unsafe \| venturesome \| venturous Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dangerous: alarming \| bad \| chance \| chancy \| critical \| dangersome \| desultory \| explosive \| fell \| fraught with danger \| grievous \| hairy \| haphazard \| harmful \| hazardous \| hit-or-miss \| iffy \| infirm \| insecure \| insubstantial \| jeopardous \| major \| menacing \| parlous \| periculous \| perilous \| precarious \| provisional \| random \| rickety \| risky \| serious \| shaky \| shifting \| shifty \| slippery \| temporary \| tentative \| threatening \| ticklish \| treacherous \| ugly \| uncertain \| undependable \| unfaithworthy \| unhealthy \| unreliable \| unsafe \| unsolid \| unsound \| unstable \| unsteadfast \| unsteady \| unsubstantial \| unsure \| untrustworthy \| wicked See Also \| insecure \| vulnerable Dangerous In Webster's Dictionary \Dan"gerous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] ``Of his speech dangerous.'' --Chaucer. -- {Dan"gerously}, adv. -- {Dan"gerous*ness}, n.

Dangerous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dangerous?

[adj] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"
[adj] involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

See Also | insecure | vulnerable

Dangerous In Webster's Dictionary

\Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous,
fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.]
1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous;
   hazardous; unsafe.

         Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The
         ways are dangerous.                   --Shak.

         It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay.

2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

         If they incline to think you dangerous To less than
         gods.                                 --Milton.

3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with
   death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett.

4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.]

         My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My
         lord to me is hard and dangerous.     --Chaucer.

5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] ``Of his speech dangerous.''
   --Chaucer. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ly}, adv. --
   {Dan"ger*ous*ness}, n.

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