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   Dan·ger·ous

   /ˈdānj(ə)rəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. able or likely to cause harm or injury: "a dangerous animal" Similar menacingthreateningtreacheroussavagewildviciousmurderousdesperaterare:minaciousOpposite harmless
   • ▪ likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences: "it is dangerous to underestimate an enemy" Similar hazardousperilousriskyhigh-riskfraught with dangerunsafeuncertainunpredictableprecariousinsecureexposedvulnerabletouch-and-gochancytrickytreacherousbreakneckrecklessdaredevilunchancyinformal:warmdiceystickyhairydodgygnarlyOpposite safe

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘arrogant’, ‘fastidious’, and ‘difficult to please’): from Old French dangereus, from dangier (see danger).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dangerousness noun

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   Synonyms for DANGEROUS: hazardous, risky, perilous, serious, unsafe, precarious, treacherous, menacing; Antonyms of DANGEROUS: safe, harmless, innocuous, innocent, beneficial, nonthreatening, nonhazardous, good.

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   Synonyms and examples. unsafe. Don't play in the street - it's unsafe. hazardous. Heavy rain is causing hazardous driving conditions. perilous. A perilous journey through the mountains was their only escape route. treacherous. Ice had made the roads treacherous.

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   involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm. “a dangerous criminal”. “a dangerous bridge”. “unemployment reached dangerous proportions”. synonyms: unsafe. breakneck. moving at very high speed. chanceful, chancy, dicey, dodgy. of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk.