Hazardousadjective
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
Dangerousadjective
Full of danger.
âRailway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.â;
Hazardousadjective
Of or involving chance.
Dangerousadjective
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Hazardousadjective
Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
âTo enterprise so hazardous and high!â;
Dangerousadjective
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Hazardousadjective
involving risk or danger;
âskydiving is a hazardous sportâ; âextremely risky going out in the tide and fogâ; âa venturesome journey in wintertimeâ; âa venturous enterpriseâ;
Dangerousadjective
(obsolete) Hard to suit; difficult to please.
Dangerousadjective
(obsolete) Reserved; not affable.
Dangerousadjective
Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
âOur troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;The ways are dangerous.â; âIt is dangerous to assert a negative.â;
Dangerousadjective
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
âIf they incline to think you dangerousTo less than gods.â;
Dangerousadjective
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
Dangerousadjective
Hard to suit; difficult to please.
âMy wages ben full strait, and eke full small;My lord to me is hard and dangerous.â;
Dangerousadjective
Reserved; not affable.
Dangerousadjective
involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm;
âa dangerous criminalâ; âa dangerous bridgeâ; âunemployment reached dangerous proportionsâ;
Dangerousadjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm;
âa dangerous operationâ; âa grave situationâ; âa grave illnessâ; âgrievous bodily harmâ; âa serious woundâ; âa serious turn of eventsâ; âa severe case of pneumoniaâ; âa life-threatening diseaseâ;
Dangerousadjective
able or likely to cause harm or injury
âinsecticides which are dangerous to the environmentâ; âa dangerous animalâ;
Dangerousadjective
likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences
âit is dangerous to convict on his evidenceâ;