Dangerous
12 definitions retrieved  Dangerous \Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. [1913 Webster] Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. [1913 Webster] It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. [1913 Webster] If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. [1913 Webster] 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous." --Chaucer. -- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]  dangerous adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe] 2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening]  dangerous [deindʒərəs] gefahrbringend; gefährlich  dangerous [deindʒərəs] dangereux; périlleux; redoutable  dangerous veszedelmes veszélyes  dangerous pericoloso  dangerous [deindʒərəs] acutus  dangerous [deindʒərəs] arriscado, perigoso  dangerous [deindʒərəs] peligroso  dangerous [deindʒərəs] farlig; vådlig  dangerous gefährlich; gefahrbringend; unsicher adj  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "dangerous": alarming, bad, chance, chancy, critical, dangersome, desultory, explosive, fell, fraught with danger, grievous, hairy, haphazard, harmful, hazardous, hit-or-miss, iffy, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, jeopardous, major, menacing, parlous, periculous, perilous, precarious, provisional, random, rickety, risky, serious, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, temporary, tentative, threatening, ticklish, treacherous, ugly, uncertain, undependable, unfaithworthy, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, wicked Dangerous related |
|||
Random Words
Philodendron, Wiseman, Watt, Erwischt, Schwangerschaftsabbruch, Guerrilla, Gestüt, Schieferdach, Soko, Bedrohung, Larry, Plots, Desperado, Chile, Halm, Tweedy, Urteile, Katheter, Schützenverein, Facial, Dass, Cavallo, Haarschneider, Gasthöfe, Thea Popular Words Webster Dictionary, Online Dictionary, Spanish Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Internet Dictonary, Web Dictionary, Dictionary Websters Online, Dream Dictionary, English - Spanish Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, Translate English To Spanish, Translate Germany, Copyrights: Gcide, Gazetteer, en-de, Devil's D., Freedict: GNU General Public License 2 or later FOLDOC, VERA: GNU General Public License 1.1 or later Moby-thesaurus, Jargon, Hitchcock, Bouvier, Elements, Easton: Public Domain WordNet: Princeton University
Type your search term into the input field and press the 'Search' button!
|
Copyright © 2005 domains-und-mehr.de; All rights reserved!