adjective
Other Word Forms
- dangerously adverb
- dangerousness noun
- nondangerous adjective
- nondangerously adverb
- nondangerousness noun
- quasi-dangerous adjective
- quasi-dangerously adverb
- semidangerous adjective
- semidangerously adverb
- semidangerousness noun
- undangerous adjective
- undangerously adverb
Etymology
Origin of dangerous
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English da(u)ngerous “domineering, fraught with danger,” from Old French dangereus “threatening, difficult,” equivalent to dangier ( danger ) + -eus -ous
Example Sentences
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"There's no reason for it and it leads people unsuspectingly on to a dangerous footpath, which is the path that Suzie fell from," he said.
From BBC
"She always goes 110 percent, there’s never anything less, so I know she put her whole heart into it and sometimes things happen. It's a very dangerous sport."
From Barron's
Their imagined victory is completely impossible, profoundly dangerous and breathtaking in scale.
From Salon
They are turning into a dangerous and cohesive pairing - and England have been crying out for a midfield combination with those qualities for ages.
From BBC
“MHF is simply too dangerous to use. It is a flesh-eating, low-crawling, toxic vapor cloud. Our communities will not be safe until this chemical is gone.”
From Los Angeles Times
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