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   dangerous

   /ˈdeɪn(d)ʒ(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 convict on his evidence" 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

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • D

     2

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

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