Definition of dangerous in English:
dangerous
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adjective
1Able or likely to cause harm or injury.
‘a dangerous animal’- ‘ice was making the roads dangerous’
- ‘It was very dark and the terrain was dangerous so it was decided that it was too dangerous to carry on with the search.’
- ‘The things he says are dangerous to certain members of our community.’
- ‘It is very dangerous to look directly into the sun.’
- ‘The Yugoslavian situation was deemed to be too complicated and too dangerous to resolve by firm action.’
- ‘In short, land mines are nasty, out-of-date, and dangerous to your own side.’
- ‘She said she thought rubbish could be dangerous to young children as well as animals.’
- ‘They say the weather had made it difficult to gain access to the site and scaffolding too dangerous to stand on.’
- ‘It's too dangerous to go out anywhere but there's no point anyway because all the shops are closed.’
- ‘When he was stopped, he said that the police car had been too close behind him and that had been dangerous to him.’
- ‘The elderly find it dangerous to cross the road at a pelican crossing or a zebra crossing because of speeding vehicles.’
- ‘Experiments that are too dangerous to do in a classroom can be conducted in a virtual setting online.’
- ‘It is also more dangerous to travel by train or Tube than by airline.’
- ‘First a load of rocks had to be dropped on the drive, turning it from dangerous to pretty much impassable.’
- ‘The match was cancelled after both umpires and captains agreed it would be dangerous to play on a dry pitch.’
- ‘The conditions he began fighting in 1969 are much worse today and far more dangerous to many more people.’
- ‘Eighteen cabbies have been banned from picking up fares after their vehicles were found to be too dangerous to drive.’
- ‘They are also dangerous to the user, as the weakened barrel can explode if used with live ammunition.’
- ‘It decided, no doubt on good grounds, that these men were far too dangerous to be allowed at liberty.’
- ‘The furrows are over an inch deep and it is far too dangerous to play on, it would be very easy for someone to break their leg.’
- ‘He knew that the alternative to his kind of democracy lay with men far more dangerous to the country than he.’
menacing, threatening, treacherousView synonyms- 1.1Likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences.‘it is dangerous to underestimate an enemy’
- ‘It is at least as important to challenge the dangerous assumptions of their opponents.’
- ‘Both warn of the dangerous consequences of voting in favour of their opponents.’
- ‘If that were the extent of their meddling that would be bad enough but there have been dark and dangerous consequences.’
- ‘In the event of a major flood this could have dangerous consequences for those who live in the surrounding area.’
- ‘On the question of image, any paternal counsel given may have dangerous consequences.’
- ‘How could anyone support this frankly ridiculous criminally dangerous reckless and rash point of view?’
- ‘Such methods brand those in power as reckless and dangerous political provocateurs.’
- ‘This is a dangerous dynamic indeed, with very real consequences for people on the receiving end.’
- ‘Ideas may be dangerous, and may have had bad consequences, but it does not follow that they cannot have good uses.’
- ‘Is it wise or even just, he asks, to expose our children to cultural viruses that are irrational and dangerous?’
- ‘It should be exposed for what it is, which is dangerous delusion at best.’
- ‘What follows exposes the work's innards and the dangerous ideology that informs it.’
- ‘Running away was less dangerous than rebellion, but it was still a hazardous enterprise.’
- ‘What can you do to reassure people that voting is not going to be dangerous to them?’
- ‘It's very dangerous to use the language of the culture to interpret the gospel.’
- ‘It is really dangerous to apply stereotypes on such immensely diverse community.’
- ‘It's always dangerous to speculate on when an incident might or might not occur.’
- ‘It is, of course, always dangerous to conclude too much from early evidence.’
- ‘The LibDem leader told the Sunday Herald it would be dangerous to silence opposing points of view.’
hazardous, perilous, risky, high-risk, fraught with danger, unsafe, uncertain, unpredictable, precarious, insecure, exposed, vulnerable, touch-and-go, chancy, tricky, treacherousView synonyms
Pronunciation
Origin
Middle English (in the senses ‘arrogant’, ‘fastidious’, and ‘difficult to please’): from Old French dangereus, from dangier (see danger).
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