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dangerous

[ deyn-jer-uhs, deynj-ruhs ]
/ ˈdeɪn dʒər əs, ˈdeɪndʒ rəs /
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adjective
full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
able or likely to cause physical injury: a dangerous criminal.
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Origin of dangerous

1175–1225; Middle English da(u)ngerous domineering, fraught with danger <Old French dangereus threatening, difficult, equivalent to dangier (see danger) + -eus-ous

OTHER WORDS FROM dangerous

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Words related to dangerous

alarming, bad, critical, deadly, fatal, nasty, perilous, precarious, risky, serious, terrible, threatening, treacherous, ugly, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, no-go, breakneck, chancy

British Dictionary definitions for dangerous

dangerous
/ (ˈdeɪndʒərəs) /
adjective
causing danger; perilous

Derived forms of dangerous

dangerously, adverbdangerousness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with dangerous

dangerous

see little knowledge is a dangerous thing; live dangerously.

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