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dangerous definition

dan·ger·ous (-əs)

adjective

full of danger; likely to cause injury, pain, etc.; unsafe; perilous

Etymology: ME < OFr dangereus

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dangerous Synonyms

dangerous

modif.

  1. Not safe

    perilous, unsafe, hazardous, risky, precarious, treacherous, unprotected, unshielded, unsheltered, critical, serious, vulnerable, exposed, involving risk, full of risk, threatening, alarming, portentous, causing danger, insecure, ticklish, delicate, speculative, unstable, touchy, bad, fraught with danger, thorny, jeopardous, breakneck, chancy, uncertain, touch-and-go, shaky, slippery, unsteady, rickety, rocky, hairy*, unhealthy*, hot*, dicey*; see also endangered, uncertain 2, unsafe.

    Antonyms safe, sure, secure.

  2. Involving an active threat

    menacing, threatening, serious, critical, impending, ominous, ugly, nasty, imminent, malignant, formidable, terrible, impregnable, armed, fatal, mortal, deadly, explosive, out of the frying pan and into the fire*, on a collision course*; see also ominous.

    Antonyms helpful*, innocent*, beneficial.


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dangerous Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • counter-attack: Cardiff then had to push forward but we defended well and still looked dangerous on the counter-attack.

Modifies a noun

  • driving: About 25 out of 700 a year, plus 300 deaths by dangerous driving.

Modifying Another Word

  • potentially: Yes, I know it is a potentially dangerous thing to do.

Infinitive complement

  • bathe: Red - Dangerous to bathe or swim and you should not go into the water.

Used with adjective complement

  • prove: Not only was the heating inadequate, but on occasion it proved dangerous.

Preposition: from

  • set-pieces: But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine ' ' He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces.
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dangerous quotes

Rien n'est plus dangereux qu'une ide¤  e, quand on n'a qu'une ide¤  e. Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you have only one idea.

-Alain (EŁ  mile-Auguste Chartier)

It is the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you are mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause, and then you can't find anyone who disagrees.

-Benn,Tony (Anthony Neil Wedgwood)

   The greater the power, themore dangerous isthe abuse.

-Burke, Edmund

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