dangerous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Full of danger.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ En-uk-dangerous.ogg /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ.əs/ /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚs/ /ˈdeɪn.ʒɹəs/ en-us-dangerous.ogg /ˈdæɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ /ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/

Word forms

dangerous more dangerous dangerouser most dangerous dangerousest daungerous

Etymology

From Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous. Displaced native Old English frēcne.

Synonyms

dangerous dangersome hazardous jeopardous wicked parlous periculous perilous precarious risky unsafe

Antonyms

safe secure unhazardous

Related words

danger dangerously harmful threatening treacherous endanger

Derived words

a little knowledge is a dangerous thing a little learning is a dangerous thing armed and dangerous dangerosity Dangerous Corner dangerous goods dangerousness nondangerous semidangerous undangerous

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