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   dan·ger·ous

   /ˈdānj(ə)rəs/

   adjective

   • 1. able or likely to cause harm or injury: "a dangerous animal" Similar menacingthreateningtreacheroussavagewildviciousmurderousdesperaterare:minaciousOpposite harmless
   • ▪ likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences: "it is dangerous to underestimate an enemy" Similar hazardousperilousriskyhigh-riskfraught with dangerunsafeuncertainunpredictableprecariousinsecureexposedvulnerabletouch-and-gochancytrickytreacherousbreakneckrecklessdaredevilunchancyinformal:warmdiceystickyhairydodgygnarlyOpposite safe

   Word Origin Middle English (in the senses ‘arrogant’, ‘fastidious’, and ‘difficult to please’): from Old French dangereus, from dangier (see danger).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dangerousness noun

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   Use the word dangerous to describe anything that can potentially cause serious harm, like a snarling pit bull or an icy, treacherous road. The earliest meaning of the word dangerous was "difficult or arrogant."

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