User:Richardb/danger

Meaning 1 - Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other harm

Synonyms

NOUN	???	ADJECTIVE	ADVERB	VERB
danger	dangerousness	dangerous	dangerously	endanger put in danger
peril	perilousness	perilous	perilously	imperil put in peril
jeopardy				jeopardise put in jeopardy
		precarious	precariously
risk	riskiness	risky	riskily	put at risk
threat		threatening	threateningly	threaten
menace		menacing	menacingly	????
hazard	hazardousness	hazardous	hazardous	put at hazard
		chancy dicey

A dangerous position to be in

• in the hot seat ; hot spot
• have one's neck on the block
• be in the firing line
• predicament
• tip-toeing through a minefield
• matter of life and death
• dynamite ~ might blow up at any time
• sword of Damocles
• a hard hat area
• on thin ice
• desperate
• indefensible

See Also

• ominous, WikiSaurus:ominous
• suicidal, WikiSaurus:suicidal
• weak spot, WikiSaurus:weak spot

Meaning 2 - A thing that causes or is likely to cause harm

• blackspot
• danger
• deathtrap
• hazard
• menace
• risk
• trap
• pitfall