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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: 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
Antonyms: safe
See Also: insecure, vulnerable
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