Definition of dangerous
Adjectives
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
"a dangerous criminal"
"a dangerous bridge"
"unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
- Synonyms:
- unsafe
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insecure
lacking in security or safety
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vulnerable
susceptible to attack
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breakneck
moving at very high speed
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chanceful, chancy, dicey, dodgy
of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
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desperate
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
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hazardous, risky, wild
involving risk or danger
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insidious
intended to entrap
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mordacious
biting or given to biting
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on the hook
caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
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parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go
fraught with danger
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self-destructive, suicidal
dangerous to yourself or your interests
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treacherous, unreliable
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
- Antonyms:
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safe
free from danger or the risk of harm
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harmless
not causing or capable of causing harm
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uninjured
not injured physically or mentally
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secure
free from danger or risk
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invulnerable
immune to attack; impregnable
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fail-safe
eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction
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off the hook
freed from danger or blame or obligation
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risk-free, riskless, unhazardous
thought to be devoid of risk
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safe and sound, unhurt
free from danger or injury
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Vocabulary Lists for dangerous
George Orwell's 1984" Part 1 (comprehensive) »(2491 words)
Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
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Comprehensive vocabulary list for George Orwell's...
- gateleg table
- labour camp
- Eurasia
- prole
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- accuracy
- ache

