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   dangerous

   /ˈdeɪn(d)ʒ(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 convict on his evidence" 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

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDANGEROUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   DANGEROUS definition: 1. A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could harm you: 2. A dangerous person, animal…. Learn more.

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   dangerous: [adjective] involving possible injury, pain, harm, or loss : characterized by danger.

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   DANGEROUS meaning: 1. A dangerous person, animal, thing, or activity could harm you: 2. A dangerous person, animal…. Learn more.

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   Dangerous definition: full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.. See examples of DANGEROUS used in a sentence.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdangerous adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   dangerous: 1 adj 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 desperate (of persons) dangerously ...

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDANGEROUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Causing danger; perilous.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

9. www.thefreedictionary.com › dangerousDangerous - definition of dangerous by The Free Dictionary

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   Adj. 1. dangerous - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

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    dangerous meaning, definition, what is dangerous: able or likely to harm or kill you: Learn more.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDANGER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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    DANGER definition: 1. the possibility of harm or death to someone: 2. something or someone that may harm you: 3. the…. Learn more.