Dangerous

['deɪn(d)ʒ(ə)rəs] or ['dendʒərəs]

Definition

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; 'a dangerous criminal'; 'a dangerous bridge'; 'unemployment reached dangerous proportions' .

Checked by Kathy--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

(a.) Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

(a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

(a.) Hard to suit; difficult to please.

(a.) Reserved; not affable.

Typed by Judy

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Perilous, hazardous, unsafe, RISKY, full of risk.

Editor: Theresa

Examples

Here is his reply: 'The most dangerous crook in Chicago. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
You'll find it rayther a dangerous inwention. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
If ever delay was dangerous, it's dangerous now; and if ever you couldn't afterwards forgive yourself for causing it, this is the time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
But a Greek republic would have been dangerous to all monarchy in a Europe that fretted under the ideas of the Holy Alliance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
His history is more dull, but by no means so dangerous as that of Mr. Hume. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Explosions have occurred, however, in cases where it is extremely doubtful whether gas has been present in dangerous quantity, and attention has been drawn to the possible causes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
His own good sense taught him that such a training of his servants was unjust and dangerous. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
So that two mutually dangerous streams of anticipation were running through the minds of men in Western Europe towards the end of the war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
It is dangerous to say I am like Tartar; it suggests to me a claim to be treated like Tartar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Sir Sluggish Knight, replied the Clerk, these are dangerous words, and I pray you to forbear them. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
In my own neighbourhood, no virtuous female friends would tempt me into dangerous gossiping at the tea-table. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
If energy remains, it will be rather a dangerous energy--deadly when confronted with injustice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
A substitute for the slow animal, horse, and for the dangerous, noisy steam horse and its lumbering locomotive and train, was hailed with delight. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Deeming the return dangerous he did not like to order any one to carry it, so he called for a volunteer. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
He became deadly pale, and a dangerous flame darkened his eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
They were dangerous now only to their own side, and the papal representative spent an unpleasant night hiding from them in the forest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
And I suppose that all the time I am in Rome the police will dog me about from place to place because they think I am a dangerous character. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
I am a dangerous man to fall foul of! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
It was a dangerous, because an untrodden way. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
It is dangerous, explosively dangerous, to thwart them for any length of time. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
You think me a dangerous specimen of my sex. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Playing a most dangerous game. Jane Austen. Emma.
She is always dangerous. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
I feel as if it were someone else speaking to you, and not I, when I caution you that you have made a dangerous friend. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Something not too trying for the strength, and not very dangerous, you know. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
On the other hand, bacteria are the cause of many of the most dangerous diseases, such as typhoid fever, tuberculosis, influenza, and la grippe. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
My arrival was like the newly discovered lamp of a lighthouse to sailors, who are weathering some dangerous point. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

Editor: Theresa