dangerous

[deyn-jer-uh s, deynj-ruh s] /ˈdeɪn dʒər əs, ˈdeɪndʒ rəs/
adjective
1.
full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
2.
able or likely to cause physical injury:
a dangerous criminal.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English da(u)ngerous domineering, fraught with danger < Old French dangereus threatening, difficult, equivalent to dangier (see danger) + -eus -ous
Related 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
Examples from the web for dangerous
  • Something needs to be done about this dangerous intersection, he said, examining the damage.
  • Blood clots travel, which is why they are dangerous.
  • Marijuana never should have been included on the list of dangerous drugs.
  • The seas dropping water level is leading to dangerous consequences.
  • The tobacco industry has known for decades how to remove a dangerous isotope from cigarettes but has done nothing about it.
  • She cheerfully obliges, telling the visitors that the craters are old features-probably not dangerous right now.
  • Hirsch's site is dangerous because it makes you want to shop.
  • And it's making the world a vastly more dangerous place in the process.
  • He would have been more dangerous with a sling and stone.
  • There is absolutely nowhere to bike and if so, would be dangerous getting there.
British Dictionary definitions for dangerous

dangerous

/ˈdeɪndʒərəs/
adjective
1.
causing danger; perilous
Derived Forms
dangerously, adverb
dangerousness, noun
Word Origin and History for dangerous
adj.

early 13c., "difficult, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-French dangerous, Old French dangeros (12c., Modern French dangereux), from danger (see danger).

In Chaucer, it means "hard to please, reluctant to give;" sense of "full of danger, risky" is from late 15c. Other words used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s). Related: Dangerously.

Idioms and Phrases with dangerous

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