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[ adjective ] involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
Synonyms Examples "a dangerous criminal" "a dangerous bridge" "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" Used in print (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)Yet many psychologists and marriage counselors agree that domination of the sex relationship by one partner or the other can be unhealthy and even dangerous . (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)Certainly , one of the best ways of warning the world against anti-Semitism is to demonstrate its workings as a dangerous weapon . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)On previous voyages , it had been in precisely such dangerous situations that he had failed as a leader and captain . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)He was also at this time , although not so interwoven in high politics and the rackets as Torrio and Capone , the most powerful and most dangerous mob leader in the Chicago underworld , the roughneck king . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The giant waves are more dangerous on flat shores than on steep ones . |
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[ adjective ] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Examples "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" Used in print ("Editorials"...)A more dangerous formula for national frustration cannot be imagined . Related terms |
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