Dangerous

/ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ · adjective

Meaning

Full of danger..

Definitions by Sense

1. Full of danger.
2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
3. (colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Example Sentences

Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.

[I]t 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.

Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.

If they incline to think you dangerous, / They have their knaviſh Arts to make you ſo.

And the Duke thought: The truth could he worse than he imagines, but even dangerous facts are valuable if you’ve been trained to deal with them. And there’s one place where nothing has been spared for my son—dealing with dangerous facts.

Synonyms for dangerous

Antonyms for dangerous

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Word Forms

• more dangerous
• dangerouser
• most dangerous
• dangerousest
• daungerous

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