DANGEROUS


Meaning of DANGEROUS in English

adjective

1.

attended by or involving the possibility of injury, pain, or loss

a dangerous crossing

Synonyms: chancy, ||dangersome, hairy, hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, treacherous, unhealthy, unsound, wicked; compare grave 3

Related Word: insecure, precarious, uncertain, unsafe; chance, haphazard, hit-or-miss, random; critical, menacing, serious, threatening

Idioms: beset ( or fraught) with danger, on a collision course

Contrasted words: certain, reliable; harmless, innocent

Antonyms: safe, secure

2.

Synonyms: grave 3, fell, grievous, major, serious, ugly

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