DANGEROUS


Meaning of DANGEROUS in English

adj. Function: adjective

1 attended by or involving the possibility of injury, pain, or loss FF1C; a dangerous crossing FF1E;

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

Related Words: 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

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

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.