dangerous

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈdeɪndʒəɹəs/
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Adjective

dangerous (comparative dangerouser or more dangerous, superlative dangerousest or most dangerous)

  1. Full of danger.
  2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
    If they incline to think you dangerous / To less than gods — Milton.
  3. (colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
    Forby. Bartlett.
  4. (obsolete) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
    My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; / My lord to me is hard and dangerous. — Chaucer.
  5. (obsolete) Reserved; not affable.
    Of his speech dangerous — Chaucer.

Synonyms

(full of danger):

Antonyms

  • (full of danger): safe

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