dangerous
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdeɪnʒ(ə)ɹəs/, /ˈdeɪnd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəs/
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Audio (UK): (file) Audio (US): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dan‧ger‧ous
Adjective
dangerous (comparative more dangerous, superlative most dangerous)
- Full of danger.
- Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
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- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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- If they incline to think you dangerous / To less than gods
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- (colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
- (obsolete) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
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- My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; / My lord to me is hard and dangerous.
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- (obsolete) Reserved; not affable.
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- Of his speech dangerous
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Usage notes
The standard comparative and superlative are more dangerous and most dangerous; the forms dangerouser and dangerousest exist but are nonstandard.
Synonyms
(full of danger):
- hazardous
- perilous
- risky
- unsafe
- See also Thesaurus:dangerous
Antonyms
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Translations
full of danger
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causing danger, ready to do harm or injury
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